Display and download the latest build of the latest stable version of PaperMC. Simple, easy updater for any PaperMC-using server.

update_papermc.sh

#!/bin/sh
# This script downloads the latest build of the latest version of PaperMC

if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
  latest_v=$1
else
  latest_v=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper" | jq -r ".versions[-1]")
fi

# Lastest build of any sort
#latest_b=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/versions/$latest_v" | jq -r ".builds[-1]")
# Latest "default" build
latest_b=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/versions/$latest_v/builds" | jq '[.builds| .[] | select(.channel=="default").build] | max')

# Print some info about what we're downloading
echo "Download build $latest_b of version $latest_v? Full details:"
curl -sX GET "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/versions/$latest_v/builds" | jq '.builds| .[] | select(.build=='$latest_b')'
tmp=""
read -p "Press enter to continue..." tmp

build_name=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/versions/1.19/builds" | jq -r '.builds| .[] | select(.build==51).downloads.application.name')

wget "https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/versions/$latest_v/builds/$latest_b/downloads/$build_name" -O $build_name