Get Flash Website - Version check script problem

[Guest]

Hi,

so, I'm writing a script to notify me whenever there's a new Flash Update. Yes I know there's the Updater, but the requirement is to have updates for flash, java and adobe reader in one email notification.

So far I was using helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player.html. But then I realized get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ is much better, because a) it updates when a new version is already available + it shows the actual version, not just new bulletins etc.

The big problem with this page is that it uses dynamic rendering depending of the OS you connect with. Since my script is a bash script it does not show the version at all. There's also no way to get to a version number with POST or GET requests or even by setting the User-Agent to something windowsy.

Does anybody know what I could do instead or how I can get the site to show me the version for windows?

Cheers,
joe.

[ridhij42083560 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

With the latest release of Flash Player(23.0.0.162), we have introduced a master xml http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/masterversion/masterversion.xml which contains the latest version of various Flash Player. You could use the same to get the latest versions.

Thanks!

[jeromiec83223024]

[Edit: Our approach has evolved since the last time I checked in on it, and we do provide public references to it in our system administrator's guide]

Alternatively, if you just want a notification when security updates become available (and with a continuous, sustained investment in security hardening, that's pretty much every release), you can subscribe to the Adobe Security Notification Service, which sends out email alerts when security updates become available for our products.

You can subscribe here:

https://campaign.adobe.com/webApp/adbeSecurityNotificationsRegistration?id=0

[Guest]

Now _that's_ what I was looking for!

Thanks.