How to GET/PULL/Install IPA

1) Install ipatool (macOS, easiest)

# if you have Homebrew
brew install ipatool

(you can also download a release binary from the repo releases page). (GitHub)

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2) Authenticate with your Apple ID (interactive = recommended)

# interactive (recommended — won't leave your password in shell history)
ipatool auth login -e [e-mail]

ipatool will prompt for your Apple ID password and — if your account has 2FA — will ask for the 6-digit code sent to a trusted device. You can provide -p and --auth-code for non-interactive use, but avoid passing your raw password on the command line on a shared machine. (GitHub)

To check your logged-in account:

ipatool auth info

(prints the App Store account info). (GitHub)

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3) Confirm the app identity (optional)

If you want to confirm the ID → bundle mapping before downloading, ipatool can search or list versions. The app id 1624045881 corresponds to Flink Workforce (bundle com.goflink.workforce). (platform.foxdata.com)

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4) List available versions for App ID 1624045881

ipatool list-versions -i 1624045881 --format json

This shows available versions and their external version ids and the app's bundle identifier. Use --format json to make output easy to parse (pipe to jq if you like). (GitHub)

Example (parse with jq):

ipatool list-versions -i 1624045881 --format json | jq '.'

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5) Download the IPA (latest by default)

# download latest
ipatool download -i 1624045881 -o ./FlinkWorkforce.ipa
ipatool download -i 1624045881 -o ./FlinkWorkforce.ipa --purchase

If you want a specific version, pass the external version id you found:

ipatool download -i 1624045881 --external-version-id <EXTERNAL_ID> -o ./FlinkWorkforce.ipa

If the account does not already "own" the app you can try the --purchase flag to obtain a license during download:

ipatool download -i 1624045881 -o ./FlinkWorkforce.ipa --purchase

(see ipatool download --help for flags). (GitHub)

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Installing Apps

• Via Xcode: Compile & run directly

• From IPA: Use ideviceinstaller (libimobiledevice) or Cydia Impactor or xcode

• From App Store: Direct install (limited debug features)

• Apple Configurator: https://apps.apple.com/eg/app/apple-configurator/id1037126344?mt=12

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Pulling an IPA File from a Jailbroken iOS Device

# connect to the device
ssh root@10.11.1.1
# list all installed app directories
find /var/containers/Bundle/Application/ -name "*.app"
# Packaging the App into an IPA
cd /tmp/
mkdir Payload
cp -r /var/containers/Bundle/Application/70961402-4C6E-4FF6-B316-59D3ED83828F/DVIA-v2.app /tmp/Payload/
# Compress the Payload Directory into an IPA
cd /tmp/
zip -r DVIA-v2.ipa Payload
# Transferring the IPA to Your Computer
rm -rf /tmp/Payload /tmp/DVIA-v2.ipa