NI Package Manager (NIPM)
Support *.nipkg files hosted on GitHub Releases
GitHub lets us host downloadable packages for our projects. Example:
https://github.com/ni/niveristand-scan-engine-ethercat-custom-device/releases/
Each package is given a nice clear URL like
https://github.com/ni/niveristand-scan-engine-ethercat-custom-device/releases/download/v19.0.0/ni-sc...
How nice it would be if my NIPM feed could point to GitHub-hosted packages! This way, I don't need my own file server. So, I created a custom feed; the contents of Packages.gz are:
Architecture: windows_all CompatibilityVersion: 190006 Description: Provides support for the NI Scan Engine and EtherCAT custom device for NI VeriStand 2018. DisplayName: NI Scan Engine and EtherCAT for VeriStand 2018 DisplayVersion: 19.0.0 Eula: eula-ni-standard Filename: https://github.com/ni/niveristand-scan-engine-ethercat-custom-device/releases/download/v19.0.0/ni-scan-engine-veristand-2018-support_19.0.0.11_windows_all.nipkg Homepage: http://www.ni.com LanguageSupport: en MD5sum: be9d301d98465ac3157fbb8b6cee370b Maintainer: National Instruments <support@ni.com> Package: ni-scan-engine-veristand-2018-support Plugin: file Priority: standard Section: Add-Ons Size: 38198876 UserVisible: yes Version: 19.0.0.11
Alas, NIPM does not like it ("Redirection to another URL is forbidden"):
It turns out that the nice URL above actually redirects to an Amazon cloud storage location, and the final URL is like
Everything works fine if my feed points to a different server and the URL doesn't get redirected.
Could the restriction on redirections be lifted somehow? Perhaps there could be an optional property in the feed to specify that a particular Filename is allowed to redirect elsewhere. Perhaps the feed creator can nominate one or more "whitelisted" domains for a particular Filename's redirection.
Posted to the Idea Exchange: https://forums.ni.com/t5/Additional-NI-Software-Idea/NIPM-Allow-feeds-to-use-nipkg-files-that-are-ho...
(I couldn't find a dedicated NIPM Idea Exchange, so I put it in the "Additional NI Software" exchange)
