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download-github-release
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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.
npm install -g download-github-release
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
Download electron/electron
assets whose name contains darwin-x64
to /tmp
.
$ download-github-release -s darwin-x64 electron electron /tmp
npm install --save download-github-release
var downloadRelease = require('download-github-release');
var user = 'some user';
var repo = 'some repo';
var outputdir = 'some output directory';
// 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)
.then(function() {
console.log('All done!');
})
.catch(function(err) {
console.error(err.message);
});
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The npm package download-github-release receives a total of 284 weekly downloads. As such, download-github-release popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that download-github-release demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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