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November 29, 2021 10:39
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Download assets from private Github releases using PowerShell
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$credentials="<github_access_token>" | |
$repo = "<user_or_org>/<repo_name>" | |
$file = "<name_of_asset_file>" | |
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]" | |
$headers.Add("Authorization", "token $credentials") | |
$releases = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases" | |
Write-Host Determining latest release | |
$id = ((Invoke-WebRequest $releases -Headers $headers | ConvertFrom-Json)[0].assets | where { $_.name -eq $file })[0].id | |
$download = "https://" + $credentials + ":@api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/assets/$id" | |
Write-Host Dowloading latest release | |
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/octet-stream") | |
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $download -Headers $headers -OutFile $file | |
Write-Host Extracting release files | |
Expand-Archive $file -Force | |
Write-Host Cleaning up target dir | |
Remove-Item "$file" -Force |
@sonibla Thank you SO much for this script ! Have been looking for the last 3 hours, and couldn't find anything suitable ! But yours is simply a lifesaver ! Thanks again.
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I have to give credit to @maxim (https://gist.github.com/maxim/6e15aa45ba010ab030c4) and @bmils (https://github.community/t/how-to-download-latest-private-github-release-with-powershell-script/170605)
My script is basically just a mix of their scripts