CLI utility to detect a specific binary from the latest Github release given a repository and a list of keywords. Returns either the full url to retrieve the binary or the filename of the binary.

latest_gh_release.py

import sys
import requests

if len(sys.argv) < 4:
    print(
        """Invalid arguments. 
           Format: python3 latest_github_release.py <repo> [OPTIONS] <keywords>. 
           Type 'help' in options for more.""")
    exit(1)
if sys.argv[2] == "help":
    print(
        """Format: python3 latest_github_release.py <repo> [OPTIONS] <keywords>.
                help: display help menu
                url: output file url
                name: output file name
                **Note that there can be any number of keywords**""")
repo = sys.argv[1]
keywd_strings = sys.argv[3:]

response = requests.get(f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/releases/latest")
content = response.json()

for asset in content["assets"]:
    name = asset["name"]
    if all(keywd in name for keywd in keywd_strings):
        if sys.argv[2] == "url":
            print(asset["browser_download_url"])
        else:
            print(name)