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# Get the bridge app downloads

> Returns, for macOS and for Android, the link to the installer of the bridge app, its published version and whether an installer is offered.

* **Credential:** none.
* **Events:** none.
* **Availability:** offer a platform only when its `available` is `true`. When it is `false`, no installer is offered and `url` returns `404`. See [Pairing a device](/guides/byod#pairing-a-device).
* **Links:** `url` is a stable link that redirects to the installer. `POST /v1/byod/pair` returns the same links in `download_urls`.
* **Versions:** `version` is not `null` exactly when `version_status` is `published`: see [Versions of the bridge app](/guides/byod#versions-of-the-bridge-app).

## Errors

This operation has no error of its own. The errors that every operation shares are in [Errors](/errors-and-rate-limits#errors).


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /v1/apps
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: iSnap API
  version: 2.45.0
  description: >-
    The iSnap API sends and receives iMessage, RCS and SMS on real phone lines,
    manages those lines, and reports events through webhooks. Every message is
    sent to a real recipient, with an `isnap_live_` key and with an
    `isnap_test_` key alike. Retry a `429` after `Retry-After` seconds. Retry a
    `500` or a `503` up to 2 times, with exponential backoff. Do not retry any
    other `4xx`: fix the request. Retry a write only on an operation that honors
    `Idempotency-Key`, with the key of the first attempt. Responses carry
    personal data: handles, names and message text.
servers:
  - url: https://api.isnap.ai
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/apps:
    get:
      summary: Get the bridge app downloads
      description: >-
        Returns, for macOS and for Android, the download link and the published
        version of the bridge app that a BYOD device runs: the bridge app for
        macOS on a Mac, the bridge app for Android on an Android phone. Needs no
        credential. `POST /v1/byod/pair` returns the same links in
        `download_urls`. Compare `version` with the version a device runs to
        know whether an update is published.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The download link and the published version for each platform.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppManifestEnvelope'
        '400':
          description: >-
            Invalid request. `error.code` is `validation_failed` when a
            parameter, a header or the body does not match its schema:
            `error.issues` then lists each problem.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '429':
          description: >-
            Too many requests. `error.code` is `rate_limit_exceeded` when more
            than 100 requests came from the same network address in 60 seconds,
            whatever their API key or account: wait `error.retry_after` seconds.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '500':
          description: >-
            Unexpected failure. `error.code` is `internal_error`. An operation
            that takes a JSON body also returns it when the body, sent as
            `application/json`, is not valid JSON. Quote `trace_id` when you
            report it to iSnap.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    AppManifestEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - true
          description: Always `true` on a success response.
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppManifestResponse'
        trace_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Trace id of the request that produced this response: 32 lowercase
            hexadecimal characters. Quote it when you report a problem to iSnap.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Id of the request that produced this response: `req_` followed by 25
            letters or digits.
      required:
        - success
        - data
        - trace_id
        - request_id
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
          description: Always `false` on an error response.
        data:
          nullable: true
          description: Always `null` on an error response.
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
              description: The HTTP status of the response.
            code:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Stable machine-readable code that names the refusal. Branch on
                this value.
            message:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Text for a person. It can change between versions: do not branch
                on it.
            retry_after:
              type: integer
              nullable: true
              description: >-
                Seconds to wait before the next attempt. Set on the `429`
                responses that know a delay, where the `Retry-After` header
                carries the same value. When it is above 60 seconds, do not wait
                in a request: schedule the call, or report the time. `null` on
                every other error.
            retry_at:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: >-
                ISO 8601 timestamp at which the refusal ends. Set only on `429
                rebind_cap_reached`. `null` on every other error.
            issues:
              type: array
              nullable: true
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  path:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      anyOf:
                        - type: string
                        - type: number
                    description: >-
                      Where the problem is: the field names and array indexes
                      that lead to it.
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Text for a person.
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Kind of problem. On `validation_failed`, for example
                      `invalid_type`, `invalid_value`, `invalid_format`,
                      `invalid_union`, `invalid_key`, `invalid_element`,
                      `too_small`, `too_big`, `not_multiple_of`,
                      `unrecognized_keys` or `custom`. The list is open: read
                      `path` and `message`.
                  min:
                    type: integer
                    description: >-
                      Smallest accepted value. Present only on
                      `limit_out_of_bounds`, `mac_quantity_not_a_pack`,
                      `byop_reduction_strands_mac_sessions` and
                      `byop_reduction_strands_byod_lines`.
                  max:
                    type: integer
                    description: >-
                      Largest accepted value. Present only on
                      `limit_out_of_bounds` and
                      `mac_sessions_exceed_byop_lines`, and on the `too_big`
                      issue of an `Idempotency-Key` header longer than 255
                      characters.
                required:
                  - path
                  - message
                  - code
              description: >-
                Problems found in the request, one entry each. Set on most `400
                validation_failed` responses and on the refusals that name a
                field: a refused `handle` of `POST /v1/lookup` has `issues:
                null`. `null` on every other error.
          required:
            - status
            - code
            - message
            - retry_after
            - retry_at
            - issues
          description: >-
            What went wrong. The six fields are always present; `retry_after`,
            `retry_at` and `issues` are `null` when they do not apply.
        trace_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Trace id of the request that produced this response: 32 lowercase
            hexadecimal characters. Quote it when you report a problem to iSnap.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Id of the request that produced this response: `req_` followed by 25
            letters or digits.
      required:
        - success
        - data
        - error
        - trace_id
        - request_id
      description: The body of an error response.
    AppManifestResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        macos:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppDownloadEntry'
        android:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppDownloadEntry'
      required:
        - macos
        - android
      description: >-
        One entry per platform, always both: `macos` is the bridge app for
        macOS, `android` is the bridge app for Android.
    AppDownloadEntry:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: >-
            Stable link to the installer for this platform. It redirects, with
            `302`, to the installer file: follow the redirect. It returns `404`
            when `available` is `false`.
          example: https://api.isnap.ai/device/apps/download/macos
        version:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            The version published for this platform. Set exactly when
            `version_status` is `published`, and `null` otherwise.
          example: 0.0.211
        version_status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - published
            - none_published
            - unreachable
            - misconfigured
            - not_configured
          description: >-
            `published`: `version` holds the published version.
            `none_published`: no version is published for this platform.
            `unreachable`: the published version could not be read. The API
            keeps this answer for 5 minutes: read the entry again after 5
            minutes. `misconfigured` or `not_configured`: no version can be
            given for this platform.
          example: published
        available:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            `false` when iSnap offers no installer for this platform: `url` then
            returns `404`. The entry is returned either way.
          example: true
      required:
        - url
        - version
        - version_status
        - available
      description: The download link and the published version of the app for one platform.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        An API key created in the iSnap dashboard, or a trial key, sent as
        `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. An API key starts with `isnap_live_` or
        `isnap_test_`; both act on the same account, lines and billing. A trial
        key acts on its trial only.

````

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