jfrog-package-safety-and-download

name	jfrog-package-safety-and-download
description	Check JFrog Public Catalog and stored packages for a version, interpret catalog security signals, and download through Artifactory (JFrog Platform locations, remote cache, curation-aware package managers, or repo proxy). Use when the user asks whether a package is safe, allowed, curated, or wants to download npm, Maven, PyPI, Go, or similar packages via JFrog. Do NOT use for pure CVE or vulnerability lookups (e.g. "details on CVE-2021-23337") — those are handled by the jfrog skill's Public security domain queries without this workflow.
metadata	{"role":"workflow"}

JFrog Package Safety and Download

Prerequisites

• Read ../jfrog/SKILL.md for JFrog Platform concepts, domain model, CLI setup, and API patterns.
• OneModel shapes drift by server version. Before inventing GraphQL fields or where filters, read ../jfrog/references/onemodel-graphql.md (schema fetch workflow) and ../jfrog/references/onemodel-query-examples.md (Public packages, Stored packages). Regenerate or verify queries against GET "$JFROG_URL/onemodel/api/v1/supergraph/schema" when examples fail validation.

Workflow

Package safety check and download workflow

When to read this file:

• User asks to check if a package is safe and/or download it.
• User asks to download a package from Artifactory.
• User mentions checking a package for curation approval.
• User wants to know if a package is allowed or approved for use.

Workflow overview

flowchart TD
    A[User requests package check / download] --> B{Package in Public Catalog?}
    B -->|Yes| C[Get latest version from Catalog]
    B -->|No| D{Package in JFrog Platform Stored Packages?}
    D -->|Yes| E[Get latest version from Stored Packages]
    D -->|No| F[Package not found — stop]
    C --> G{Latest version in JFrog Platform?}
    E --> G
    G -->|Yes| H[Safe — download from JFrog Platform]
    G -->|No| I{Curation entitled?}
    I -->|Yes| J[Check curation policy via API]
    I -->|No| K[Download via remote repo]
    J -->|200 Allowed| K
    J -->|403 Blocked| M[Report curation blocked — stop]

Parallelization opportunities

Several steps in this workflow are independent and can run in parallel to reduce total latency:

• Step 1 + Step 1 fallback: When package type is known, query both the Public Catalog (getPackage) and Stored Packages (getPackage) in parallel. Use whichever returns data; if the Public Catalog returns a hit, prefer its latestVersion for Step 2.
• Step 3 + Step 5: After determining the version, query stored package versions (JFrog Platform check) and curation entitlement (/api/system/version) in parallel. Both are independent reads — the curation result is needed immediately if the JFrog Platform check returns empty.

When issuing parallel Shell calls, each jf api call authenticates independently against the active jf config server; no shell state needs to be passed between calls.

Step 1: Find the package

Search the Public Catalog first via OneModel GraphQL, then fall back to Stored Packages if not found.

Execute the query through jf api as described in ../jfrog/references/onemodel-graphql.md; refer to ../jfrog/references/onemodel-query-examples.md for concrete query shapes.

When package type is known (e.g. npm, maven, pypi), use publicPackages.getPackage(type:, name:) (see Get a public package). Include the latestVersion { version } selection set — latestVersion is an object, not a scalar.

When type is unknown, use publicPackages.searchPackages with nameContains (see Search public packages). Add type: when the user narrows the ecosystem.

• Found → note type and latestVersion.version. Proceed to Step 2.
• Not found → the package may be 1st/2nd party. Search Stored Packages using storedPackages.searchPackages or storedPackages.getPackage (see Stored packages domain in onemodel-query-examples.md). Prefer filtering by type when known; if not, use nameContains alone.
  • Found → note type and latestVersionName (or derive a version from versionsConnection). Proceed to Step 2.
  • Not found in either → report "package not found" and stop.

If multiple results with different type values, ask the user which package type they mean.

Step 2: Determine latest version

Source	Version field
Public Catalog	latestVersion.version (object selection required)
JFrog Platform Stored Packages	latestVersionName on StoredPackage, or highest entry from versionsConnection

Step 3: Check if package + latest version exists in JFrog Platform

Query stored package versions using storedPackages.searchPackageVersions with a hasPackageWith filter (see ../jfrog/references/onemodel-query-examples.md → Search stored package versions). Add a version filter for the specific version from Step 2, and request locationsConnection to get repository details (repositoryKey, repositoryType, leadArtifactPath).

Execute the query through jf api (see ../jfrog/references/onemodel-graphql.md for the invocation pattern).

• Found with locations → package is in the JFrog Platform. Report as safe to download. Proceed to Step 4.
• Not found → proceed to Step 5.

Step 4: Download from JFrog Platform

Use the location info from Step 3. Binary artifact downloads go through jf rt dl — not jf api. jf api is the unified entry point for the JFrog REST APIs (metadata, admin, curation, etc.) and does not expose the -L / -o flags needed to stream binary content through a redirect chain.

<target> must be a full file path (e.g. ./downloads/lodash-4.18.1.tgz), not a bare directory. jf rt dl --flat treats the target as a file name; passing a directory causes a misleading "open path: is a directory" error.

repositoryType	Strategy
local or federated	jf rt dl "<repositoryKey>/<leadArtifactPath>" <target-file> --flat
remote	jf rt dl against the base remote repo (strip any trailing -cache) — it transparently triggers the remote fetch when the artifact is not yet cached

local / federated / remote download:

jf rt dl "<baseRepoKey>/<leadArtifactPath>" <target-file> --flat

Resolving the remote repo key: The repositoryKey returned by OneModel for remote locations often already ends in -cache (e.g. devNPM-remote-cache). jf rt dl needs the base remote repo name (without -cache). Strip the -cache suffix when present (e.g. devNPM-remote-cache → devNPM-remote). If the key does not end in -cache, use it as-is.

See the Protocol endpoints table below for the package-type-specific path format inside the repo.

Step 5: Check curation entitlement

jf api /artifactory/api/system/version \
  | jq '.addons | index("curation") != null'

• true → curation is entitled. Proceed to Step 6a.
• false → curation not available. Proceed to Step 6b.

Step 6a: Check curation policy and download

When curation is entitled, use the Xray curation API to check whether the package version is allowed across all repositories before downloading.

RESPONSE_FILE="/tmp/curation-status-$$.json"
PAYLOAD_FILE="/tmp/curation-payload-$$.json"
STDERR_FILE="/tmp/curation-err-$$.log"

jq -n \
  --arg type    "<TYPE>"    \
  --arg name    "<NAME>"    \
  --arg version "<VERSION>" \
  '{packageType:$type, packageName:$name, packageVersion:$version}' \
  > "$PAYLOAD_FILE"

set +e
jf api /xray/api/v1/curation/package_status/all_repos \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --input "$PAYLOAD_FILE" \
  > "$RESPONSE_FILE" 2> "$STDERR_FILE"
RC=$?
set -e
echo "RC=$RC"; echo "$RESPONSE_FILE"

Supported packageType values: npm, pypi, maven, go, nuget, docker, gradle.

Interpreting the result with jf api: unlike plain curl, jf api surfaces the HTTP result through its exit code and a "<hh:mm:ss> [Warn] ... returned 4xx/5xx" line on stderr (not a %{http_code} suffix in stdout). The response body is always written to stdout. Parse both:

if [ "$RC" -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Package is allowed by curation."
elif grep -q 'returned 403' "$STDERR_FILE"; then
  echo "Blocked by curation policy:"
  cat "$RESPONSE_FILE"
else
  echo "Curation check failed (rc=$RC):"
  cat "$STDERR_FILE"
fi

Evaluate the outcome:

• exit 0 → package is allowed by curation policy. Proceed to download via a remote repo (same as Step 6b).
• returned 403 on stderr → package is blocked by a curation policy. The response body explains which policy rule blocked it. Report the block reason to the user and stop — do not attempt to download.
• Any other non-zero exit → treat as an operational failure (auth, DNS, endpoint disabled) and report.

Step 6b: Download without curation

When curation is not entitled and the package is not in the JFrog Platform, download directly through a remote repo.

1. Find a remote repo of the right package type:

   jf api \
     "/artifactory/api/repositories?type=remote&packageType=<TYPE>" \
     | jq '.[].key'
   

2. Download — use jf rt dl against the base remote repo (without -cache); it handles both cached and uncached artifacts:

   jf rt dl "<repo>/<artifact-path>" <target-file> --flat
   

Artifact paths by package type

Use these path patterns when leadArtifactPath is not available from OneModel. The leading <repo>/ is the base repo key you pass to jf rt dl.

Type	jf rt dl target pattern
npm	<repo>/<pkg>/-/<pkg>-<version>.tgz
pypi	<repo>/<pkg>/<version>/<pkg>-<version>.tar.gz
maven	<repo>/<group-path>/<artifact>/<version>/<artifact>-<version>.jar
go	<repo>/<module>/@v/<version>.zip

Gotchas

• Binary downloads vs. jf api: jf api is for REST APIs, not binary content. It does not follow redirects transparently into a binary payload and does not expose -L / -o. Always use jf rt dl (against the base remote repo, not the -cache one) for the actual artifact download.
• jf rt dl and uncached remotes: jf rt dl "<remote>/<path>" — targeting the base remote repo rather than <remote>-cache/<path> — transparently triggers the remote fetch and caches the artifact. Do not try to pre-query the proxy via jf api.
• jf rt dl --flat target must be a file path: When downloading a single artifact, pass a full output file path (e.g. ./downloads/lodash-4.18.1.tgz), not a directory. The CLI opens the target path as a file; a directory causes a cryptic "open path: is a directory" error that retries four times before failing. Derive the filename from leadArtifactPath (take the segment after the last /).
• Package type detection: If the user doesn't specify the package type, the Public Catalog search by name alone may return multiple types. Ask the user to disambiguate before proceeding.
• Curation endpoint lives under Xray: use /xray/api/v1/curation/package_status/all_repos (via jf api). Do not prefix it with /artifactory.
• Curation result discrimination with jf api: the 200/403 signal comes from jf api's exit code plus a returned NNN line on stderr, not from a %{http_code} appended to stdout. Capture stderr to a file (2> "$STDERR_FILE") and branch on RC + grep 'returned 403' as shown in Step 6a.
• Curation API package type values: Must be lowercase and match one of npm, pypi, maven, go, nuget, docker, gradle. Other values will return an error.