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Get the latest release

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Published Oct 25, 2023

View the latest published full release for the repository. The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the `created_at` attribute. The `created_at` attribute is the date of the commit used for the release, and not the date when the release was drafted or published.

Script github Verified

The script

Submitted by hugo697 Typescript (fetch-only)
Verified 410 days ago
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type Github = {
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  token: string;
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};
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/**
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 * Get the latest release
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 * View the latest published full release for the repository.
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The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the `created_at` attribute. The `created_at` attribute is the date of the commit used for the release, and not the date when the release was drafted or published.
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 */
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export async function main(auth: Github, owner: string, repo: string) {
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  const url = new URL(
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    `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases/latest`
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  );
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  const response = await fetch(url, {
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    method: "GET",
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    headers: {
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      Authorization: "Bearer " + auth.token,
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    },
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    body: undefined,
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  });
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  if (!response.ok) {
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    const text = await response.text();
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    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);
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  }
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  return await response.json();
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}
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