Get License

Get License is available as both a pgutil command and an HTTP Request, and will return information on a single license.

pgutil licenses info --code=ABC-1.0

Command Specification (CLI)

The licenses info command is used to get information on a license.

The --code options is always required.

Getting a license requires the license code (e.g. MIT):

pgutil licenses info --code=MIT

Example Output:

Code: MIT
Title: MIT License

Detection:
 SPDX: MIT
 Url:
  - go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=865381
  - go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868514
  - licenses.nuget.org/MIT
  - opensource.org/license/mit/
  - raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/dotnet/master/LICENSE
  - spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
  - www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Files:
 - 0630520a7440edc1e05c3f318eba0df31920d5b4ff0848ed10d7922b34eed796

Getting a License File

The licenses files show command is used to get a license file.

The --code and --hash options are always required.

Getting a license file requires the license code (e.g. MIT) and the license file's hash (e.g. 00462de3d7b6f3e5551a69ae84344bc69d23c02e1353be3e8445d16f025e523b):

pgutil licenses files show --code=MIT --hash=0630520a7440edc1e05c3f318eba0df31920d5b4ff0848ed10d7922b34eed796

Example Output:

MIT License

Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

HTTP Request Specification

To return a specified license file, simply GET to the URL with the ID of the license, the license file hash, and an appropriate API Key.

GET /api/licenses/files/download?code=«license-id»&hash=«file-hash»

HTTP Response Specification

A LicenseInfo.cs object will be returned on a successful 200 response. A 403 response indicates a missing, unknown, or unauthorized API Key.