[synkronus-cli] Issues with install script and CI build for synk cli

[bokchan]

Component

• formulus (React Native mobile app)
• formulus-formplayer (React web app)
• synkronus (Go backend server)
• synkronus-cli (Command-line utility)
• Documentation
• Other (please specify)

User Story

Description

Installation of synk cli fails when following the instructions in README.
This seems to be caused by errors in the install-synkronus-cli* scripts.

Details

Steps to Reproduce

Run the install script

1. Execute curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenDataEnsemble/ode/main/scripts/install-synkronus-cli.sh | bash

Expected Behavior

The synk binary is installed and available as an executable in the shell.

Actual Behavior

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenDataEnsemble/ode/main/scripts/install-synkronus-cli.sh | bash
==> Preparing install directory
==> Downloading https://github.com/OpenDataEnsemble/ode/releases/latest/download/synkronus-cli_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz
curl: (56) The requested URL returned error: 404

Acceptance Criteria

Environment

OS: macOS Tahoe (26.3.1)
Node.js version:
Go version:
Docker version: 29.2.1
Component version/branch: dev

[bokchan]

AFAICS the error is caused by a combination of wrong values in the install script and the way assets are built in the CI.

The binary is named when built in the CI as:

          name: synkronus-cli-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
          path: synkronus-cli/dist/synkronus-cli-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}*

E.g. the build for goos=darwin, goarch=arm64 results in: synkronus-cli-darwin-arm64

1. This differs from the scripts/install-synkronus-cli.sh which defines the ASSET_NAME as: synkronus-cli_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz
2. The install script expects the asset to be a tar.gz file.

[r0ssing]

Hi @bokchan ! 😃

Thanks for checking out ODE - and for the thorough analysis! We will push a fix pronto! 🦒
Another known issue currently with the CLI in v1.0.0 is that the server-url has to be configured as "https://...url.../api" (ie. including the /api suffix).

If you want to try it out with a working synkronus server, I can create a test-instance of synkronus for you on our demo server as well - just pm me..