Function main

example/contents/main.go:27–76

()

)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("This example will download the contents of a file from a GitHub repository.")

	r := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)

	fmt.Print("Repository Owner: ")
	owner, _ := r.ReadString('\n')
	owner = strings.TrimSpace(owner)

	fmt.Print("Repository Name: ")
	repo, _ := r.ReadString('\n')
	repo = strings.TrimSpace(repo)

	fmt.Print("Repository Path: ")
	repoPath, _ := r.ReadString('\n')
	repoPath = strings.TrimSpace(repoPath)

	fmt.Print("Reference (branch, tag or commit SHA): ")
	ref, _ := r.ReadString('\n')
	ref = strings.TrimSpace(ref)

	fmt.Print("Output Path: ")
	outputPath, _ := r.ReadString('\n')
	outputPath = filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSpace(outputPath))

	fmt.Printf("\nDownloading %v/%v/%v at ref %v to %v...\n", owner, repo, repoPath, ref, outputPath)

	client, err := github.NewClient()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error creating GitHub client: %v", err)
	}

	rc, _, err := client.Repositories.DownloadContents(context.Background(), owner, repo, repoPath, &github.RepositoryContentGetOptions{Ref: ref})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error downloading contents: %v", err)
	}
	defer rc.Close()

	f, err := os.Create(outputPath) //#nosec G703 -- path is validated above
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error creating output file: %v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	if _, err := io.Copy(f, rc); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error writing to output file: %v", err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Download completed.")
}