@slimio/gitlab

Gitlab

Download and (optionaly) extract gitlab repository archive.

Requirements

• Node.js v12 or higher

Getting Started

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

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

Usage example

const download = require("@slimio/gitlab");

async function main() {
    const tarGZPath = await download("SlimIO.is");
    console.log(tarGZPath);
}
main().catch(console.error);

API

download(repo: String, options?): Promise< String >

Download a given "public" repository ! Return the name of the .tar.gz file (or the name of the extracted directory).

Repository should be formatted like that:

(org|username).repository_fullname

Available options are:

name	type	default	description
branch	string	master	Git branch to download
dest	string	process.cwd()	Tar/Directory destination
extract	boolean	false	Extract .tar.gz file
unlink	boolean	true	Remove .tar.gz file on extraction
auth	string	undefined	Basic Authentication for private repository

Env

To be able to work on the project, please create a root .env file with these:

GIT_TOKEN=token_here

Dependencies

Name	Refactoring	Security Risk	Usage
@slimio/is	Minor	Low	Type Checker
follow-redirects	Minor	Low	HTTP Request with URL redirection support
tar-fs	⚠️Major	High	Extract tar archive

License

MIT