New major version 4.0.0 of gradle-download-task

Today, I’m happy to announce the new major version 4.0.0 of the popular gradle-download-task. With this Gradle plugin, you can download files in your build scripts and display progress information. The new version contains many new features and updating is recommended for all users.

Grab gradle-download-task 4.0.0 while it’s still hot:
https://github.com/michel-kraemer/gradle-download-task

The new version has been tested with Gradle 2.0 up to 5.4.1 but should be compatible to any newer version as well.

New features

• I relocated the Apache HttpClient library. In earlier versions, some users experienced dependency conflicts, in particular if they were using the Android Gradle plugin. This should not happen anymore because the HttpClient is now isolated and in its own package.
• Error messages now contain HTTP status codes (see issue #115)
• It is now possible to automatically retry failed requests (#83)
• The timeout property has been renamed to connectTimeout and readTimeout (#126). See migration notes below.
• URLs of failed downloads are now logged to the console (#127)

Maintenance

• I removed properties deprecated in earlier versions
• Support for Gradle 1.x and Java 6 has been dropped
• I added integration tests for Gradle up to version 5.4.1
• All unit tests have been migrated to WireMock for better maintenance
• I fixed a couple of compiler warnings

Bug fixes

• Compression is now really disabled if the compress flag is false
• PlainConnectionSocketFactory.INSTANCE is now explicitly registered for HTTP (#133)
• I fixed a number of assertion errors (#114)
• HTTP responses will now always be closed even if they failed

Migrating from version 3.x to 4.x

In this new major version, I made the following breaking changes to the API:

• The plugin now requires Gradle 2.x (or higher) and Java 7 (or higher)
• I removed the timeout property and introduced connectTimeout and readTimeout instead. This allows you to control the individual timeouts better. Also, it improves compatibility with Gradle 5.x, where all tasks have a timeout property by default.
• The credentials property has been removed. The same applies to the possibility to pass instances of Apache HttpClient’s AuthScheme to the authScheme property. The strings Basic and Digest are now the only accepted values. There is no replacement. If you need this functionality, please file an issue.
• The properties requestInterceptor and responseInterceptor have been removed. There is no replacement. Again, if you need this functionality, please file an issue.

More information

If you want to learn more about the plugin, have a look at its README file or at my earlier post.

I also strongly advice you to read my blog post on 10 recipes for gradle-download-task to get an idea what you can do with the plugin.

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Posted by Michel Krämer
on 6 July 2019

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