Download latest GitHub release via Powershell

download-latest-release.ps1

# Download latest dotnet/codeformatter release from github

$repo = "jgm/pandoc"
$filenamePattern = "*x86_64.zip"
$pathExtract = "C:\Tools\pandoc"
$innerDirectory = $true
$preRelease = $false

if ($preRelease) {
    $releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases"
    $downloadUri = ((Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $releasesUri)[0].assets | Where-Object name -like $filenamePattern ).browser_download_url
}
else {
    $releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest"
    $downloadUri = ((Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $releasesUri).assets | Where-Object name -like $filenamePattern ).browser_download_url
}

$pathZip = Join-Path -Path $([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath $(Split-Path -Path $downloadUri -Leaf)

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUri -Out $pathZip

Remove-Item -Path $pathExtract -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if ($innerDirectory) {
    $tempExtract = Join-Path -Path $([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath $((New-Guid).Guid)
    Expand-Archive -Path $pathZip -DestinationPath $tempExtract -Force
    Move-Item -Path "$tempExtract\*" -Destination $pathExtract -Force
    #Move-Item -Path "$tempExtract\*\*" -Destination $location -Force
    Remove-Item -Path $tempExtract -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
else {
    Expand-Archive -Path $pathZip -DestinationPath $pathExtract -Force
}

Remove-Item $pathZip -Force

Hey, I love using your script, thanks for making it! I made my own little reduced version to quickly set up my scripts, thougt I would share it, I made the variables easy to double click and edit

$repo = "REPOURL"
$filenamePattern = "FILTER"
$source= ((Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases")[0].assets | Where-Object name -like $filenamePattern ).browser_download_url

Thanks, very useful script !