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@terascope/fetch-github-release

v1.0.0

Published

Download a specific release from github

Downloads

6,635

Readme

Download Github Release

A node module to download Github release assets. It will also uncompress zip files and skip downloading if a file already exists.

$ fetch-github-release -s darwin-x64 electron electron
Downloading electron/[email protected]...
electron-v1.3.1-darwi... ▇▇▇▇▇---------------------------------------------------- 662.8s
electron-v1.3.1-darwi... ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇--------- 13.4s
electron-v1.3.1-darwi... ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇--- 3.6s
ffmpeg-v1.3.1-darwin-... ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 0.0s

This is useful for instance if you have a project that depends on binaries released via Github.

Command line

Installation

npm install -g @terascope/fetch-github-release
# or
yarn global add @terascope/fetch-github-release

Usage

Usage: fetch-github-release [options] <user> <repo> [outputdir]

Options:
  -V, --version          output the version number
  -p, --prerelease       download prerelease
  -s, --search <regexp>  filter assets name
  -q, --quiet            don't log to console
  -z, --zipped           don't extract zip files
  -h, --help             output usage information

Example

Download electron/electron assets whose name contains darwin-x64 to /tmp.

fetch-github-release -s darwin-x64 electron electron /tmp

If you need to download assets from a private repository or you need to avoid rate limits, you can set the environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN. To generate a token go to your Github settings and a token with public_repo or repo (for private repos) permissions.

API

Installation

npm install --save @terascope/fetch-github-release
# or
yarn add @terascope/fetch-github-release

Usage

const { downloadRelease } = require('@terascope/fetch-github-release');

const user = 'some user';
const repo = 'some repo';
const outputdir = 'some output directory';
const leaveZipped = false;
const disableLogging = false;

// Define a function to filter releases.
function filterRelease(release) {
  // Filter out prereleases.
  return release.prerelease === false;
}

// Define a function to filter assets.
function filterAsset(asset) {
  // Select assets that contain the string 'windows'.
  return asset.name.includes('windows');
}

downloadRelease(user, repo, outputdir, filterRelease, filterAsset, leaveZipped, disableLogging)
  .then(function() {
    console.log('All done!');
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err.message);
  });

downloadRelease returns an array of file paths to all of the files downloaded if called with leaveZipped = true.

TODO

  • other compression formats
  • option to download specific release instead of latest?
  • option to download source?