ERROR when Launching app from URL in ZIP format

Issues/Bugs
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Hi ,

I am using appium grid for running iOS and android and currently i am using the following absolute path in code for launching the app from path , its working fine !

capabilities.setCapability(“app”,"/Users/mselvansr/grid/InternationalMountains.app");

My question , i want pass this URL or FTP server like or common path ( NOT FROM MY LOCAL )

capabilities.setCapability(“app”, “http://appium.s3.amazonaws.com/TestApp6.0.app.zip”);

I ran the below example code from URL but its throwing the error

Example Code :

ERROR :
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: http://appium.s3.amazonaws.com/TestApp6.0.app.zip. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error testing zip archive, are you sure this is a zip file? Error: Command failed: ) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 661 milliseconds

Error in appium node :
info: [debug] Error: Bad app: http://appium.s3.amazonaws.com/TestApp6.0.app.zip. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error testing zip archive, are you sure this is a zip file? Error: Command failed:
at null. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/ios/ios.js:178:13)
at null. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/device.js:132:11)
at null. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/device.js:167:7)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/helpers.js:139:11
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/helpers.js:69:7
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/helpers.js:104:9
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:662:7)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:766:16)
at Socket. (child_process.js:979:11)
info: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:33,“value”:{“message”:“A new session could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: http://appium.s3.amazonaws.com/TestApp6.0.app.zip. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error testing zip archive, are you sure this is a zip file? Error: Command failed: )”,“origValue”:"Bad app: http://appium.s3.amazonaws.com/TestApp6.0.app.zip. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error testing zip archive, are you sure this is a zip file? Error: Command failed: "},“sessionId”:null}

HELP ME PLEASE !

Thanks ,
Muthu Selvan SR

2

Any help on my issue as i want to launch my app from URL ?

3

I can’t think of what would fix this; sounds like a possible bug.

Are you using BMProxy or something with iOS; something that would cause the request to fail?

Also, does the test app work if you download it and put it on your local FS?

If you need a workaround, maybe you can write some Java code to download and extract the file locally?

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Hey Muthu were you able to resolve the issue? If yes please sharet he resolution if possible.