Quickstart

Quickstart#

Introduction#

Welcome to the Melissa Releases service by Melissa. Keep your databases fresh and up-to-date with automated processes to securely and efficiently download the newest versions of our reference data and product builds.

Melissa Releases can be used to:

  • Automate database updates.

  • Check for updates for specific products.

  • Securely download data files.

  • Download only needed files, saving space and time.

  • Download historical data as needed.

System Requirements#

  • SSL/TLS 1.2+

Getting Started - What Can I Do?#

Parameters for Melissa Releases are primarily path parameters. Therefore the values used become part of the URL path in the requests and should be used in a specific order.

Required Subdomain Whitelist

When using Melissa Releases you will be redirected to a CDN. You will need to whitelist this subdomain:

https://md-datadownload.s3.amazonaws.com

Use it from a Web Browser#

Search and view releases with a variety of selection criteria from a web browser.

https://releases.melissadata.net/Browse

Endpoint#

/Browse

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#

  • Open in Browser
https://releases.melissadata.net/Browse?
&id={{customerID}}
&mft=dq_data
&release=latest
&sort=dsize

Download a Specific File#

Directly download specific files.

Download Binary File#

Endpoint#

/Download/Library/{{os}}/{{compiler}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -L -o MelissaUpdater.exe "https://releases.melissadata.net/Download/Library\
/WINDOWS\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/MelissaUpdater.exe\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Download Data File#

Endpoint#

/Download/Data/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -L -o ews.txt "https://releases.melissadata.net/Download/Data\
/LATEST\
/ews.txt\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Download Language Interface File#

Endpoint#

/Download/Interface/{{os}}/{{language}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -L -o mdAddr_cSharpCode.cs "https://releases.melissadata.net/Download/Interface\
/ANY\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/mdAddr_cSharpCode.cs\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Download Product File#

Endpoint#

/Download/Product/{{release}}/{{productname}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try It Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -L -o DataQualitySuite.zip "https://releases.melissadata.net/Download/Product\
/LATEST\
/DataQualitySuite\
?id={{customerId}}"

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers#

Retrieve the latest or historical release for a given file or manifest.

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers for Binary File#

Endpoint#

/Releases/Library/{{os}}/{{compiler}}/{{architecture}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Releases/Library\
/WINDOWS\
/NET\
/ANY\
/MelissaUpdater.exe\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers for Data File#

Endpoint#

/Releases/Data/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Releases/Data\
/ews.txt\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers for Language Interface File#

Endpoint#

/Releases/Interface/{{os}}/{{language}}/{{architecture}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Releases/Interface\
/ANY\
/NET\
/ANY\
/mdAddr_cSharpCode.cs\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers for Manifest#

Endpoint#

/ManifestReleases/{{manifest}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/ManifestReleases\
/dq_wrappers\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve Available Release Version Numbers for Product File#

Endpoint#

/Releases/Product/{{productname}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try It Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Releases/Product\
/DataQualitySuite\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve a List of Files from a Specific Manifest#

Retrieve a list of download links for data or binary files for a specific release.

Endpoint#

/Manifest/{{release}}/{{manifest}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#

  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Manifest\
/LATEST\
/dq_wrappers\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve a List of Manifests from a Specific Release Version Number#

Endpoint#

/ManifestList/{{release}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#

  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/ManifestList\
/LATEST\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Retrieve Metadata for a Specific File#

Retrieve Metadata for Binary File#

Endpoint#

/Metadata/Library/{{os}}/{{compiler}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Library\
/WINDOWS\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/MelissaUpdater.exe\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json"

Retrieve Metadata for Data File#

Endpoint#

/Metadata/Data/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Data\
/LATEST\
/ews.txt\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Retrieve Metadata for Language Interface File#

Endpoint#

/Metadata/Interface/{{os}}/{{language}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Interface\
/ANY\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/mdAddr_cSharpCode.cs\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Retrieve Metadata for Product File#

Endpoint#

/Metadata/Product/{{release}}/{{productname}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try It Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Product\
/LATEST\
/DataQualitySuite\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Retrieve Hashes for a Specific File#

Retrieve Hash Value for Binary File#

Endpoint#

/{{hashtype}}/Library/{{os}}/{{compiler}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net\
/SHA256\
/LIBRARY\
/WINDOWS\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/MelissaUpdater.exe\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json"

Retrieve Hash Value for Data File#

Endpoint#

/{{hashtype}}/Data/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net\
/SHA256\
/DATA\
/LATEST\
/ews.txt\
?&id={{customerId}}\
&format=json"

Retrieve Hash Value for Language Interface File#

Endpoint#

/{{hashtype}}/Interface/{{os}}/{{language}}/{{architecture}}/{{release}}/{{filename}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net\
/SHA256\
/INTERFACE\
/ANY\
/NET\
/ANY\
/LATEST\
/mdAddr_cSharpCode.cs\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Retrieve Hash Value for Product File#

Endpoint#

/{{hashtype}}/Product/{{release}}/{{productname}}

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try It Now#
  • GET JSON
curl -X GET "https://releases.melissadata.net\
/SHA256\
/PRODUCT\
/LATEST\
/DataQualitySuite\
?&id={{customerId}}"

Sample Code#

Tools

Repository

Melissa Updater Program

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For Melissa Updater Documentation, see Melissa Updater Quickstart.

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