git-release-stats-count.py

import requests

def main():
    userName: str = 'magpie-robins'  # User name of the repository
    repoName: str = 'gpa-calculator-android'  # Repository name
    releaseTag: str = 'latest'  # Using tag 'latest' for latest released download count
    url: str = "https://api.github.com/repos/{0}/{1}/releases/{2}"  # API URL
    response = requests.get(url.format(userName, repoName, releaseTag))  # Sending HTTP GET request on API URL
    data: dict = response.json()  # Converting received data to JSON format
    # The JSON file contains huge data about that release.
    data = data['assets'][0]["download_count"]  # Extracting required data from JSON
    print("Total download: %d" % data)  # Printing count


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()