Download Github Release

A node module to download Github release assets. It will also uncompress zip files.

$ download-github-release -s darwin-x64 electron electron
Downloading electron/electron@v1.3.1...
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 download-github-release

Usage

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

Options:

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

Example

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

$ download-github-release -s darwin-x64 electron electron /tmp

API

Installation

npm install --save download-github-release

Usage

var downloadRelease = require('download-github-release');
 
var user = 'some user';
var repo = 'some repo';
var outputdir = 'some output directory';
var leaveZipped = 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.indexOf('windows') >= 0;
}
 
downloadRelease(user, repo, outputdir, filterRelease, filterAsset, leaveZipped)
  .then(function() {
    console.log('All done!');
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err.message);
  });

TODO

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