server_download.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Download minecraft server to local dir

set -e

# Determine linux distro
if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
    # freedesktop.org and systemd
    . /etc/os-release
    OS=$NAME
    VER=$VERSION_ID
elif type lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    # linuxbase.org
    OS=$(lsb_release -si)
    VER=$(lsb_release -sr)
elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
    # For some versions of Debian/Ubuntu without lsb_release command
    . /etc/lsb-release
    OS=$DISTRIB_ID
    VER=$DISTRIB_RELEASE
elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
    # Older Debian/Ubuntu/etc.
    OS=Debian
    VER=$(cat /etc/debian_version)
elif [ -f /etc/SuSe-release ]; then
    # Older SuSE/etc.
    ...
elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
    # Older Red Hat, CentOS, etc.
    ...
else
    # Fall back to uname, e.g. "Linux <version>", also works for BSD, etc.
    OS=$(uname -s)
    VER=$(uname -r)
fi

### Thanks to https://github.com/kenoir for pointing out that as of v15 (?) we have to
### use the Mojang version_manifest.json to find java download location
### See https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Version_manifest.json
download_minecraft_server() {

  WGET=$(which wget)

  # version_manifest.json lists available MC versions
  $WGET -O ${mc_root}/version_manifest.json https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json

  # Find latest version number if user wants that version (the default)
  if [[ "${mc_version}" == "latest" ]]; then
    MC_VERS=$(jq -r '.["latest"]["'"${mc_type}"'"]' ${mc_root}/version_manifest.json)
  fi

  # Index version_manifest.json by the version number and extract URL for the specific version manifest
  VERSIONS_URL=$(jq -r '.["versions"][] | select(.id == "'"$MC_VERS"'") | .url' ${mc_root}/version_manifest.json)
  # From specific version manifest extract the server JAR URL
  SERVER_URL=$(curl -s $VERSIONS_URL | jq -r '.downloads | .server | .url')
  # And finally download it to our local MC dir
  $WGET -O ${mc_root}/$MINECRAFT_JAR $SERVER_URL

}

MINECRAFT_JAR="minecraft_server.jar"

mc_root="./"

mc_type_default="release"
read -p "Minecraft type (release or snapshot) [$mc_type_default]: " mc_type
mc_type=${mc_type:-$mc_type_default}

mc_version_default="latest"
read -p "Minecraft version [$mc_version_default]: " mc_version
mc_version=${mc_version:-$mc_version_default}

download_minecraft_server

exit 0