Extract all firmware URLs from the Apple iDevice firmware list

idevicefirmwares.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2

from __future__ import print_function

import logging
import urllib2
import plistlib
import sys

log = logging.getLogger()

FIRMWARE_SRC = 'http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.appserver.client.MZITunesClientCheck/version'

def fetch_firmware_locations():
    log.info('Fetching firmware description from {}.'.format(FIRMWARE_SRC))
    plist = plistlib.readPlist(urllib2.urlopen(FIRMWARE_SRC))
    return plist

def extract_firmwares(data):
    if not isinstance(data, dict):
        return
    if 'FirmwareURL' in data:
        url = data['FirmwareURL'].strip()
        if url != 'EMPTY' and url != '':
            print(url)

    for v in data.itervalues():
        extract_firmwares(v)

def main():
    logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stderr))
    logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO if '-q' not in sys.argv else logging.WARNING)
    extract_firmwares(fetch_firmware_locations())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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