MrOctopus/download-asset-action

Downloads an asset from a repository release.

This actions allows you to download a specific asset from either the latest release in a repository, or from a specified tagged version.

Downloading release assets from a private repository is supported as long as you specify a PAT token with the necessary permissions.

NOTE: All runners are supported.

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default
repository	The repository to download from	No	github.repository
excludes	The release types to exclude	No	None
tag	The full/substring release tag	No	Latest
asset	The full/substring name of the asset to download	Yes
target	The target path to save the asset at	No	.
token	The personal access token (PAT) used to download the asset	No	github.token

Outputs

Ouput	Description
name	The downloaded asset's full name

Example usage

Download a specific Texconv build

name: Download specific Texconv.exe build
on: [workflow_dispatch]

jobs:
  download:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - id: latest_asset
        uses: MrOctopus/download-asset-action@main
        with:
          repository: microsoft/DirectXTex
          excludes: prerelease, draft
          tag: jan2021
          asset: texconv
          target: "./texconv"

Download the lastest pyro build and unpack

name: Download latest pyro build and unpack
on: [workflow_dispatch]

jobs:
  download:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - id: latest_asset
        uses: MrOctopus/download-asset-action@main
        with:
          repository: fireundubh/pyro
          asset: pyro

      - run: 7z x ${Env:file_name} -opyro
        env: 
          file_name: ${{ steps.latest_asset.outputs.name }}

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License