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An attempt to download a binary from github and place it under ${HOME}/bin. Uses gojq.
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| function get_binary_from_latest_github_release() { | |
| project=$1 | |
| repo=$2 | |
| extension=$3 | |
| kernel_name=$(uname -s) | |
| if [[ ${kernel_name} == Linux* ]]; then | |
| os_kernel="linux" | |
| fi | |
| platform=$(uname -m) | |
| if [[ ${platform} == x86_64 || ${platform} == amd64 ]]; then | |
| os_platform="amd64" | |
| fi | |
| download_url=$(curl --retry 3 -L "https://api.github.com/repos/${project}/${repo}/releases/latest" | gojq -rec '.assets[] | .browser_download_url' | grep "${os_kernel}" | grep "${os_platform}" | egrep "${extension}\$" | grep -v grep) | |
| pushd /tmp | |
| downloaded_file=$(curl --retry 3 -L -O -w '%{filename_effective}' "${download_url}") | |
| popd | |
| if [[ ${downloaded_file} == *.tar.gz || ${downloaded_file} == *.tgz ]]; then | |
| binary=${repo} | |
| # some archives may have nested folders | |
| # list archive contents, then hunt for the binary as last word | |
| extract_from_archive=$(tar tzf /tmp/${downloaded_file} | egrep "/?${binary}\$") | |
| # on this line, using tr delete everything that is complement of / | |
| # in other words, delete all characters except / | |
| # then get character count -> tells us how many components to strip | |
| strip_components_count=$(echo "${extract_from_archive}" | tr -cd '/' | wc -c) | |
| mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin | |
| pushd ${HOME}/bin | |
| tar xzf "/tmp/${downloaded_file}" --strip-components=${strip_components_count} "${extract_from_archive}" | |
| popd | |
| chmod u+x ${HOME}/bin/${binary} | |
| fi | |
| } |
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