Micro-github-latest

Microservice for downloading the latest asset of GitHub release.

Further reading: [中文] Microservice 產品交付 - Dockerize 與 Zeit JavaScript 跨平台解決方案

Feature

• Internal 304 cache handler for GitHub Api. PR#5
• Handle error 403, fallback to githut releases/latest page when rate limit exceeded. PR#19

How To Use

a. Deploy to Now.sh

One click deploys to △ now

b. Binary executable

Download from GitHub latest release.

$ ORIGIN=$YOUR_DOMAIN \
  ACCESS_TOKEN=$GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN \
  ./micro-github-latest-macos --port $PORT

Note: You can run it without Node.js installed.

c. Docker image

Pull from dockerhub.

$ docker pull evenchange4/micro-github-latest:latest
$ docker run --rm -it \
  -p $PORT:3000 \
  -e "ORIGIN=YOUR_DOMAIN" \
  -e "ACCESS_TOKEN=GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  evenchange4/micro-github-latest:latest

d. NPM CLI

Install from npm.

$ npm i micro-github-latest -g

$ ORIGIN=$YOUR_DOMAIN \
  ACCESS_TOKEN=$GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN \
  micro-github-latest --port $PORT

Note: You should use Node.js >= 8 .

API

Environment variables

ENV	Required	Default	Description
ORIGIN		*	Setup access-control-allow-origin for CORS.
ACCESS_TOKEN			Setup GitHub access token with the repo scope.

Note: You should use ACCESS_TOKEN to increase the rate limit.

CLI arguments

$ micro-github-latest --help
Usage: micro-github-latest <command> [options]

Options:
  -p, --port     HTTP server PORT                                [default: 3000]
  -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
  -v, --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]

URL pathname

Method	Pathname	Description
GET	/:owner/:repo/latest	302 redirect to the first asset of latest release.
GET	/:owner/:repo/:name/latest	302 redirect to the first matched one by asset name of latest release.
GET	/rate_limit	Get your current rate limit status.

Demo

• https://micro-github-latest.now.sh/evenchange4/micro-medium-api/macos/latest
• https://micro-github-latest.now.sh/mcs-lite/mcs-lite-app/win64/latest
• https://micro-github-latest.now.sh/atom/atom/latest
• https://micro-github-latest.now.sh/rate_limit
• Real-World case: mcslite.netlify.com [source code]

Note: You should deploy your own service for production usage.

Technology Stacks

• Micro: Asynchronous HTTP microservices.
• Micro-router: A tiny and functional router for Zeit's Micro.
• Dockerhub: Automatically deploy docker image.
• Now.sh: Realtime global deployments
• Pkg: Package your Node.js project into an executable
• Travis: CI

Developer Guide

Requirements

• node >= 8.5.0
• npm >= 5.3.0
• yarn >= 1.0.2

$ git clone https://github.com/evenchange4/micro-github-latest.git
$ yarn install --pure-lockfile

$ yarn run dev # dev server
$ yarn start   # prod server
$ yarn run pkg # output binary files

Test

$ yarn run format
$ yarn run eslint
$ yarn run test:watch

Docker

$ docker build -t micro-github-latest .

# Push to dockerhub
$ git push

Note: Multi-stage builds are a new feature in Docker 17.05.

Github release / NPM release

$ npm version patch
$ git push

CONTRIBUTING

• ⇄ Pull requests and ★ Stars are always welcome.
• For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
• Pull requests must be accompanied by passing automated tests ($ yarn run test).

CHANGELOG

LICENSE

MIT: http://michaelhsu.mit-license.org