From 81f0506bf7e3807f5b359a6cee6e696ccebd6cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:32:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: web_get() now tests for redirections using curl

Mostly this fixes downloads from sourceforge, but should make curl downloads more reliable in general
---
 quickget | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index 1b571a9..f50f4f2 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -1490,6 +1490,13 @@ function web_get() {
     fi
 
     if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+        # Check for URL redirections
+        # Output to nonexistent directory so the download fails fast
+        local REDIRECT_URL=$(curl --silent --location --fail "${URL}" --write-out %{url_effective} --output /var/cache/${RANDOM}/${RANDOM})
+        if [ "${REDIRECT_URL}" != "${URL}" ]; then
+            echo "Redirected to ${REDIRECT_URL}"
+            URL="${REDIRECT_URL}"
+        fi
         if ! curl --progress-bar --location --output "${DIR}/${FILE}" --continue-at - --user-agent "${USER_AGENT}" "${HEADERS[@]}" -- "${URL}"; then
             echo "ERROR! Failed to download ${URL} with curl."
             echo "       Try deleting '${DIR}/${FILE}' running 'quickget' again."