Question:
I want to download a source code from GitHub using API and UI, how to do that?
Answer:
Using API:
If you have a repository say “https://github.com/CloudAffaire/rest” and the branch you want to download is “main” then the link or URL to download your code will be “https://github.com/CloudAffaire/rest/zipball/main/” or “https://github.com/CloudAffaire/rest/archive/refs/heads/main.zip“
You can use wget command to download a public GitHub repository as shown below
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wget https://github.com/<user_name>/<repository_name>/zipball/<branch_name>/ ## OR wget https://github.com/<user_name>/<repository_name>/archive/refs/heads/<branch_name>.zip |
Using GitHub UI:
In your repository page, click “Code” => “Download ZIP”.
