Static URL

URL

Link to a static url to a file, like so:

https://example.com/downloads/latest.appimage

This is a valid example for the app Beeper:

https://api.beeper.com/desktop/download/linux/x64/stable/com.automattic.beeper.desktop

Requirements

In order for a link to be valid, Gear Lever performs the following checks:

  1. The web server must support the HEAD method
  2. The server must return a Size header
  3. The Size of the new file must be different from the size of the currently instelled file, this is how Gear Lever determines if there is a new release or not.
  4. The Content-Type of the file must be one of the followings:
application/x-iso9660-appimage
application/vnd.appimage
application/x-appimage
binary/octet-stream
application/octet-stream