If you know the repository it is in, the easiest way is to do a HEAD request on the normal artifact URL.
The XMLRPC search service also contains a getArtifactVersions method which will list all versions available for a certain group / artifact, which would help with your query. You can find an example of this here: https://github.com/brettporter/centrepoint/blob/master/plugins/archiva-search-plugin/src/main/java/com/effectivemaven/centrepoint/plugins/archiva/ArchivaSearchPlugin.java#L71 HTH, Brett On 15/11/2010, at 6:47 AM, shay te wrote: > > hey all > i see archiva support web services > is there a way to supply a full id to artifact (groupId,artifactId,version) > and get a response > if artifact exists or not ? > > thank you > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Verify-artfact-exists-tp30213794p30213794.html > Sent from the archiva-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- Brett Porter br...@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/