@spongex/check-github-releases v1.1.0

check-github-releases

Check a GitHub Releases via the API and parse download links

Install to your existing project using:

npm i @spongex/check-github-releases

Include ECMAScript:

import { checkGitHubReleases } from '@spongex/check-github-releases'

Include CommonJS:

const { checkGitHubReleases } = require('@spongex/check-github-releases')

Usage

checkGitHubReleases: async (

GitHubURL: string,

opts?: { group:Extensions, extensions:Array }

) => Promise

Takes the following parameters:

• __GitHubURL__ A string of the GitHub Releases API URL
• opts Optional parameter to add additional extension groups to check. This is an array that takes an object in the following format:
  • group The asset group to add to. Valid options are: Extensions.winExt, Extensions.macExt, Extensions.linExt
  • extensions An array of strings containing the extensions to add to the parser

Returns an object in the following format:

• winURLs An array of URLAsset of parsed Windows assets
• macURLs An array of URLAsset of parsed Mac assets
• linURLs An array of URLAsset of parsed Linux assets
• sourceURLs An array of URLAsset of parsed source code assets
• message Error code message if any
• error Error flag, true if error else false

The URLAsset is an object with the following format:

• name A string with the filename
• url A string with the URL to download the asset

Changelog

1.1.0

• Added the following extentions to Mac:
  • pkg, mas, mas-dev
• Added the following extentions to Linux:
  • freebsd, p5p, apk

1.0.0

• Initial release