GitHub Release Downloader

Compare GitHub versions and download latest release assets.

Background

Small .NET framework library to compare versions and download the latest GitHub release.

Key Features

• Check if current version is most recent using SemVer.
• Download latest release artifacts from GitHub releases.
• Include / exclude pre-releases.

How To Use

// create settings object
HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
string author = "kalilistic";
string repo = "github.releasedownloader";
bool includePreRelease = true;
string downloadDirPath = "C:\assets";
IReleaseDownloaderSettings settings = new ReleaseDownloaderSettings(httpClient, author, repo, includePreRelease, downloadDirPath);

// create downloader
IReleaseDownloader downloader = new ReleaseDownloader(settings);

// check version
string currentVersion = "5.0.0";
bool isMostRecentVersion = downloader.IsLatestRelease(currentVersion);

// download latest github release
if (!isMostRecentVersion) {
  downloader.DownloadLatestRelease();
}

// clean up
downloader.DeInit();
httpClient.Dispose();

Considerations

• Versions must be SemVer-compliant or exception will be thrown.
• Will not compare and silently skip over GitHub releases that aren't Semver-compliant.
• GitHub API calls are made anonymously and subject to rate limits.

How To Contribute

Feel free to open an issue or submit a PR.