What was the motivation in using "cf files" over "cf curl /v2/apps/:app_guid/download"?

[rajohns08]

I noticed the implementation of this download plugin is to output all file contents and write those contents to local files. Why was this method chosen over the download cloud foundry api call?

[clement360]

We tried using curl and the download function first, however it was unable to handle the high number of concurrent downloads. We brought the issue up with the CLI maintainers and they acknowledged concurrency was an issue. They may have fixed the issue by now.

[rajohns08]

Completely unrelated, but do you have any idea why my curl download command would be failing with a timeout upon redirecting to blob store? I was just curious if you guys saw this when initially investigating the download option.

$ cf curl /v2/apps/c91fb2c9-583a-452a-854a-26088d83fe79/download
FAILED
Error creating request:
Error performing request: Get https://dal05.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com:443/v1/AUTH_9832c938-360c-442a-9713-a5ad3a5d5368/cc-packages/c9/1f/c91fb2c9%!D(MISSING)583a%!D(MISSING)452a%!D(MISSING)854a%!D(MISSING)26088d83fe79?temp_url_sig=65aebbe7978051de7da5814f9fbf29404e825770&temp_url_expires=1463414488: dial tcp 10.1.129.11:443: i/o timeout
TIP: If you are behind a firewall and require an HTTP proxy, verify the https_proxy environment variable is correctly set. Else, check your network connection.

[joshisa]

@rajohns08 The url to the blob store seems to have some strange %!D(MISSING) segments. Are those redactions by you?

[clement360]

I don't think I remember having that timeout issue, the failed requests usually were caused by permission issues or large binary files (images)

[bbodenmiller]

Once you get this to download what kind of file is it? Doesn't appear to open as a .zip.