Get a release asset
GET {{baseUrl}}/repos/:owner/:repo/releases/assets/:asset_id
To download the asset's binary content, set the Accept
header of the request to application/octet-stream
. The API will either redirect the client to the location, or stream it directly if possible. API clients should handle both a 200
or 302
response.
RESPONSES
status: OK
{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1","browser_download_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip","id":1,"node_id":"MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=","name":"example.zip","label":"short description","state":"uploaded","content_type":"application/zip","size":1024,"download_count":42,"created_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","updated_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","uploader":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjE=","avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false}}