dotnet-csharp-github-list-get.cs - GitHub directory and file gets.

dotnet-csharp-github-list-get.cs

var httpClient = new HttpClient();
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.Add(
    new ProductInfoHeaderValue("AppSpecificHeader", "1"));
    var repo = "{org}/{repo}";
var contentsUrl = $"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/contents";
var contentsJson = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(contentsUrl);
var contents = (JArray)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(contentsJson);
foreach(var file in contents)
{
    var fileType = (string)file["type"];
    if (fileType == "dir")
    {
        var directoryContentsUrl = (string)file["url"];
        // use this URL to list the contents of the folder
        Console.WriteLine($"DIR: {directoryContentsUrl}");
    }
    else if (fileType == "file")
    {
        var downloadUrl = (string)file["download_url"];
        // use this URL to download the contents of the file
        Console.WriteLine($"DOWNLOAD: {downloadUrl}");
    }
}