Cask download URL no longer shown when downloading - workarounds?

[i0ntempest]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.1
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: e8b7739de9f5dfd154a742e83b2a72ac1222fed2
Last commit: 2 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap HEAD: 447434bc5812ab98de33b691013a242c5ac13b25
Core tap last commit: 14 hours ago
Core tap JSON: 10 Aug 05:16 UTC
Core cask tap HEAD: 9f6a7d539125005778179c1a402ef7d9c9ca18a0
Core cask tap last commit: 14 hours ago
Core cask tap JSON: 25 Jul 11:01 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.PlB4EV6U0A/org.macports:0
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 32
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: /opt/local/bin/nano
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: set
HOMEBREW_LIVECHECK_AUTOBUMP: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 16
HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: set
HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API: set
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.5 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.5/bin/ruby
CPU: 16-core 64-bit arm_brava
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.50.1 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.1-arm64
CLT: 26.1.0.0.1.1761104275
Xcode: 26.1.1
Rosetta 2: false

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Description of issue

I relied on the URLs printed when downloading a cask to get direct links to installer files, but since a recent update the URL is no longer shown. Any workarounds for this?

Relevant casks

all casks

[botantony]

If you just want to get file url it is much better to use brew info command:

brew info --json=v2 <cask> | jq '.casks[0].url'

See more info about JSON API here: https://formulae.brew.sh/docs/api/

[i0ntempest]

I can incorporate this into my script. Thanks

[SMillerDev]

If it was installing already, what do you need the url for? There is brew info that can give you information about the cask.