README.md

@nodesecure/github

Download and (optionaly) extract GitHub repository archive.

Requirements

• Node.js v24 or higher

Getting Started

This package is available in the Node Package Repository and can be easily installed with npm or yarn.

$ npm i @nodesecure/github
# or
$ yarn add @nodesecure/github

Usage example

import * as github from "@nodesecure/github";

const utils = await github.download("NodeSecure.utils");
console.log(utils.location);

const scanner = await github.downloadAndExtract("NodeSecure.scanner");
console.log(scanner.location);

API

Both download and downloadAndExtract functions use the same set of options.

interface DownloadOptions {
  /**
   * The destination (location) to extract the tar.gz
   *
   * @default process.cwd()
   */
  dest?: string;
  /**
   * The default github branch name (master, main ...)
   *
   * @default main
   */
  branch?: string;
  /**
   * Authentication token for private repositories
   *
   * @default process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
   */
  token?: string;
}

download(repository: string, options?: DownloadOptions): Promise< DownloadResult >

Download the tar.gz archive of the GIT repository.

interface DownloadResult {
  /** Archive or repository location on disk */
  location: string;
  /** Github repository name */
  repository: string;
  /** Github organization name */
  organization: string;
    /** Github branch name */
  branch: string;
}

downloadAndExtract(repository: string, options?: DownloadExtractOptions): Promise< DownloadResult >

Use download but extract the tar.gz archive.

interface DownloadExtractOptions extends DownloadOptions {
  /**
   * Remove the tar.gz archive after a succesfull extraction
   *
   * @default true
   */
  removeArchive?: boolean;
}

License

MIT