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So I use to have a script that downloaded PIA VPN but now when I run a curl command on terminal using
' curl https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx '
it just shows the website in plain text rather than an app can anyone offer any insights what is the best way to go about this?

Hello Euwan



The file address is https://installers.privateinternetaccess.com/download/pia-macos-1.1.1-02545.zip



You could try



curl --silent "https://installers.privateinternetaccess.com/download/pia-macos-1.1.1-02545.zip" -o /tmp/pia-macos.zip


Is this part of any automated process?

Yea it is automated got it sorted now. Used this script



!/bin/bash



Make Temp Directory



mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



Go to temp



cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



download PIA text file with updated .zip name



curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx



isolate the zip URL and ZIP file name



PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "(http|https)://[a-zA-Z0-9./?=-]")



PIAZIP=$(ls | grep *.zip)



Download zip file



curl -LO $PIAURL



Unzip files



unzip $PIAZIP



sleep 30



Run PIA Installer



open /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp/Private Internet Access Installer.app



sleep 100



Remove Temp Directory



rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



exit

@Euwanh Thanks for the script. I have something similar I want to achieve but I want the site i'm going to to m.meraki.com requires that I input a value. I've used the POST command to add value but may be doing it wrong. Any suggestions?

@tomatoes27 sorry for the very long delay did you need further assistance with this? I know how daunting it can be when you first start using jamf and then have to write scripts

Yea it is automated got it sorted now. Used this script



!/bin/bash



Make Temp Directory



mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



Go to temp



cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



download PIA text file with updated .zip name



curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx



isolate the zip URL and ZIP file name



PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "(http|https)://[a-zA-Z0-9./?=-]")



PIAZIP=$(ls | grep *.zip)



Download zip file



curl -LO $PIAURL



Unzip files



unzip $PIAZIP



sleep 30



Run PIA Installer



open /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp/Private Internet Access Installer.app



sleep 100



Remove Temp Directory



rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp



exit



Three years later I find this solution. But somehow your GREP only returns 'https://i' Maybe something went wrong with the copy/paste in here?

GREP is not my specialty, so I am having a hard time trying to get it to work. If anyone has any tips?

Managed to get the script working at least. But then the installer gives a prompt to install a helper app and requiring a password. Guess that there is no way around this.....

#!/bin/bash
#Go to downloadsfolder
cd ~/Downloads
#download PIA text file with updated .zip name
curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx
#isolate the zip URL name
PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "https://.+\\.zip")
sleep 10
#Download zip file
curl -LO $PIAURL
sleep 10
#isolate the zip file name
PIAZIP=$(ls | grep pia*.zip)
#Unzip files
unzip $PIAZIP
sleep 10
#Run PIA Installer
open ~/Downloads/Private\\ Internet\\ Access\\ Installer.app
sleep 100
exit

 

 

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