Using CURLTextSearcher with & in the URL

[joeborner]

Hi All, Recently started trying to create my own AutoPKGr recipes and have succesfully managed a few. But I recently tried creating one for a driver download that I can't quite figure out.

Issue: CURLTextSearcher does not work when there are multiple variables in the URL, from testing this appears to be caused by & in the URL. (example: https://www.cdata.com/download/getfile.aspx?file=demo/RQDG-M/setup.dmg&name=QuickBooks%20ODBC%20Driver%20for%20Mac)

Troubleshooting: So far I have tried encoding the URL to remove special characters, using a short link (bit.ly) and downloading a copy of the webpage manually and changing the URL to file://%RECIPE_CACHE_DIR%/%NAME%.html (this method works, but I have not been able to automate the recipe to download the file locally).

Recipe: https://github.com/mac-seven/Recipes/tree/main/Quickbooks%20ODBC%20Driver

Any pointers will be appreciated!

[homebysix]

Hello @joeborner - This issue is more appropriately directed at the autopkg project.

Briefly, I can provide this guidance:

• CURLTextSearcher is deprecated; use URLTextSearcher instead. Functionality is identical.
• There should be no issue using multiple variables in a URL. Here's an example.
• & is a special character in xml/plist, and should be escaped to & in your URL. Looks like that's what your download recipe needs.

[joeborner]

Hi @homebysix - Thanks, those small adjustments were the last tweaks I was looking for, it's now working as expected!