Dynamic link in ios ota manifest - ios

Question

I'm working on an application where I can use over the air deployment for iOS applications.
At runtime generated .plist
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string><![CDATA[https://myapp.com/file/d8A5s]]></string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.myapp.example</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>App Name</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
You'll notice that the <url> tag is not a direct link to the file, it is a url that sends a redirect with a direct link to the file. When I change these lines to a direct link to the file, the installation succeeds.
<key>url</key>
<string><![CDATA[https://myapp.com/file/file.ipa]]></string>
I want to do this without a direct URL to the file in the manifest.
The content type https://myapp.com/file/d8A5s returns is application/octet-stream and I am able to download the file when I use my desktop browser to navigate to the URL.
Any help would be appreciated and I'd be happy to provide additional information.