A python script to fetch the github release download count for a repo.

release_downloads.py

"""
Demo:

Github username: Shravan-1908
Repo name: hydra
Release ID: (latest) 

Download stats for `Shravan-1908/hydra`, release `v2.2.0`
---------------------------------------------------------
hydra-darwin-amd64: 2
hydra-linux-amd64: 47
hydra-windows-amd64.exe: 19

Total: 68
"""

import requests

color_blue = "\033[36m"
color_yellow = "\033[33m"
color_green = "\033[32m"
color_red = "\033[31m"
color_purple = "\033[35m"
color_end = "\033[0m"


def get_release_download_count(username, repo, release_id="latest"):
    """
    Gives the download count for release_id assets on github.
    """
    url = ""
    if release_id != "latest":
        url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/releases/tags/{}".format(
            username, repo, release_id)
    else:
        url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/releases/latest".format(
            username, repo)

    r = requests.get(url)
    if r.status_code == 200:
        data = r.json()
        tagname = data["tag_name"]

        message = (
            f"{color_blue}Download stats for `{username}/{repo}`, release `{tagname}`")
        print(f"{message}\n{'-'*(len(message)-5)}{color_end}")

        total = 0

        for asset in data["assets"]:
            asset_name = asset["name"]
            asset_download_count = asset["download_count"]
            print(f"{color_yellow}{asset_name}: {color_green}{asset_download_count}")
            total += asset["download_count"]

        print(f"\n{color_purple}Total: {total}{color_end}")

    else:
        print(color_red + "Unable to find release download count." + color_end)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    username = input("Github username: ")
    repo = input("Repo name: ")
    release_id = input("Release ID: (latest) ")
    if release_id.strip() == "":
        release_id = "latest"
    print()
    get_release_download_count(username, repo, release_id)