@nodesecure/gitlab

@nodesecure/gitlab

Download and (optionaly) extract GitLab repository archive.

Requirements

• Node.js v20 or higher

Getting Started

This package is available in the Node Package Repository and can be easily installed with npm or yarn.

$ npm i @nodesecure/gitlab
# or
$ yarn add @nodesecure/gitlab

Usage example

import * as gitlab from "@nodesecure/gitlab";

// Note: repository can be either namespace path or repository ID
const result = await gitlab.download(
  "NodeSecure.utils"
);
console.log(result);

API

Both download and downloadAndExtract functions use the same set of options.

interface DownloadOptions {
  /**
   * The destination (location) to extract the tar.gz
   *
   * @default process.cwd()
   */
  dest?: string;
  /**
   * The default gitlab branch name (master, main ...).
   * By default it fetch the "default" gitlab branch.
   *
   * @default null
   */
  branch?: string | null;
  /**
   * Authentication token for private repositories
   *
   * @default process.env.GITLAB_TOKEN
   */
  token?: string;
  /**
   * @default https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/
   */
  gitlab?: string;
}

download(repository: string, options?: DownloadOptions): Promise< DownloadResult >

Download the tar.gz archive of the GIT repository.

interface DownloadResult {
  /** Archive or repository location on disk */
  location: string;
  /** Gitlab repository name */
  repository: string;
  /** Gitlab organization name */
  organization: string;
  /** Gitlab branch name */
  branch: string;
}

downloadAndExtract(repository: string, options?: DownloadExtractOptions): Promise< DownloadResult >

Use download but extract the tar.gz archive.

interface DownloadExtractOptions extends DownloadOptions {
  /**
   * Remove the tar.gz archive after a succesfull extraction
   *
   * @default true
   */
  removeArchive?: boolean;
}

License

MIT