pb_download_url: Get the download url of a given file

In piggyback: Managing Larger Data on a GitHub Repository

Get the download url of a given file

Description

Returns the URL download for a public file. This can be useful when writing scripts that may want to download the file directly without introducing any dependency on piggyback or authentication steps.

Usage

pb_download_url(
  file = NULL,
  repo = guess_repo(),
  tag = "latest",
  .token = gh::gh_token()
)

Arguments

file	name or vector of names of files to be downloaded. If NULL, all assets attached to the release will be downloaded.
repo	Repository name in format "owner/repo". Will guess the current repo if not specified.
tag	tag for the GitHub release to which this data should be attached.
.token	GitHub authentication token, see [gh::gh_token()]

Value

the URL to download a file

Examples

## Not run: 

pb_download_url("iris.tsv.xz",
                repo = "cboettig/piggyback-tests",
                tag = "v0.0.1")


## End(Not run)

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