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| # Create a new API token by going to | |
| # https://github.com/settings/tokens/new (provide a description and check "repo" scope") | |
| param ( | |
| # github repo path to download, e.g. | |
| # 'https://github.com/microsoft/CsWinRT/tree/master/src/Samples/NetProjectionSample' | |
| [Uri]$RepoPath = 'https://github.com/microsoft/CsWinRT/tree/master/src/Samples/NetProjectionSample', | |
| # Folder to download to. | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Path, | |
| # GitHub API token for "repo" scope. | |
| [string]$AccessToken | |
| ) | |
| function Invoke-GitHubWebRequest { | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory)][Uri]$Uri, | |
| [string]$OutFile | |
| ) | |
| Write-Verbose "Downloading $Uri" | |
| $prevProgressPreference = $global:ProgressPreference | |
| $originalSecurityProtocol = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol | |
| $global:ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' | |
| try { | |
| # Enforce TLS v1.2 Security Protocol | |
| [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 | |
| $headers = @{ | |
| 'User-Agent' = 'GitDown for PowerShell' | |
| 'X-GitHub-Api-Version' = '2022-11-28' | |
| } | |
| if ($AccessToken) { | |
| $headers += @{'Authorization' = "token $AccessToken" } | |
| } | |
| $invokeWebRequestParms = @{ | |
| 'Uri' = $Uri | |
| 'Method' = 'GET' | |
| 'Headers' = $headers | |
| 'UseDefaultCredentials' = $true | |
| 'UseBasicParsing' = $true | |
| 'TimeoutSec' = 60 | |
| 'Verbose' = $false | |
| } | |
| if ($OutFile) { | |
| $invokeWebRequestParms += @{ 'OutFile' = $OutFile } | |
| } | |
| Invoke-WebRequest @invokeWebRequestParms | |
| } | |
| finally { | |
| [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $originalSecurityProtocol | |
| $global:ProgressPreference = $prevProgressPreference | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function Invoke-RepoWalk { | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory)][Uri]$Uri, | |
| [string]$AccessToken | |
| ) | |
| Write-Verbose "Walking $Uri" | |
| $response = Invoke-GitHubWebRequest -Uri $Uri | |
| $content = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json | |
| foreach ($obj in $content) { | |
| if ($obj.type -eq 'file') { | |
| [PSCustomObject]@{ | |
| Name = $obj.name # e.g. 'README.md' | |
| RelativePath = (Split-Path -Parent $obj.path) # e.g. 'src\Samples\NetProjectionSample' | |
| Size = $obj.size # File size | |
| Sha1 = $obj.Sha # Is this SHA1?!? | |
| Url = $obj.download_url # full download url | |
| } | |
| } | |
| elseif ($obj.type -eq 'dir') { | |
| Invoke-RepoWalk -Uri $obj.url -AccessToken $AccessToken | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| throw "Unknown type $($obj.type)" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| # e.g. 'https://github.com/microsoft/CsWinRT/tree/master/src/Samples/NetProjectionSample' | |
| $info = @{ | |
| Author = $RepoPath.Segments[1] -replace '/', '' # e.g. 'microsoft' | |
| Repository = $RepoPath.Segments[2] -replace '/', '' # e.g. 'CsWinRT' | |
| Branch = $RepoPath.Segments[4] -replace '/', '' # e.g. 'master' | |
| } | |
| # e.g. 'src/Samples/NetProjectionSample' | |
| $resourcePath = $RepoPath.Segments[-3..-1] -join '' | |
| # e.g. https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/CsWinRT/contents/src/Samples/NetProjectionSample?ref=master | |
| $apiUri = 'https://api.github.com/repos/{0}/{1}/contents/{2}?ref={3}' -f $info['author'], $info['repository'], $resourcePath, $info['branch'] | |
| $downloadList = Invoke-RepoWalk -Uri $apiUri -AccessToken $AccessToken | |
| foreach ($obj in $downloadList) { | |
| $targetFolder = Join-Path $Path $obj.RelativePath | |
| if (-not (Test-Path $targetFolder)) { | |
| mkdir $targetFolder | Out-Null | |
| } | |
| $targetFile = Join-Path $targetFolder $obj.Name | |
| $response = Invoke-GitHubWebRequest -Uri $obj.Url -OutFile $targetFile | |
| $item = Get-Item -LiteralPath $targetFile | |
| if ($item.Length -ne $obj.Size) { | |
| throw "Incorrect size for $targetFile : $($item.Length); expected: $($obj.Size)" | |
| } | |
| $hash = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $targetFile -Algorithm SHA1).Hash | |
| if ($hash -ne $obj.Sha1) { | |
| # throw "Incorrect hash for $targetFile : $hash; expected: $($obj.Sha1)" | |
| } | |
| } |
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