git-release-stats-count.java

/*
 Filename: GitApi.java
 Used module from https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple/1.1.1
 */

import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class GitApi {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String userName = "magpie-robins"; // User name of the repository
        String repoName = "gpa-calculator-android";  // Repository name
        String releaseTag = "latest";  // Using tag 'latest' for latest released download count
        String apiUrl = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + userName + "/" + repoName + "/releases" + "/" + releaseTag;
        try {
            URL url = new URL(apiUrl);
            HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
            String jsonString = new Scanner(connection.getInputStream()).useDelimiter("\\A").next();
            JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(jsonString);
            jsonObject = (JSONObject) ((JSONArray) jsonObject.get("assets")).get(0);
            Long downloadCount = (Long) jsonObject.get("download_count");
            System.out.println("Total downloads: " + downloadCount);
        } catch (ParseException | IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}