Documentation for `directly_downloadable` parameter

[joffrey-bion]

When requesting packages, I can set directly_downloadable=true. What are the guarantees in this case?

Does this mean that every package in the result is guaranteed to have a non-empty links.pkg_download_redirect URL?

[HanSolo]

Usually you need to get the direct download url in a separate call by using the pkg id but the redirect should also be available if it was possible to create the link.

[joffrey-bion]

Thanks for the quick response. So it "should" but it's not really guaranteed, right?

Is there a preferred way to download the package (redirect URL or separate call to get the direct download URL)?

[HanSolo]

The original idea was to use the pkg id to get the direct download URL (which makes it the default solution ). First call the packages endpoint and look for the pkg id of the pkg you are looking for and then call the ids endpoint with the selected id to get the download url (e.g. api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/YOUR_PKG_ID