Get a release asset

To download the asset's binary content, set the Accept header of the request to application/octet-stream. The API will either redirect the client to the location, or stream it directly if possible. API clients should handle both a 200 or 302 response.

{ "browser_download_url": "http://example.com", "content_type": "string", "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z", "download_count": 0, "id": 0, "label": "string", "name": "Team Environment", "node_id": "string", "size": 0, "state": "uploaded", "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z", "uploader": { "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "email": "string", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "id": 1, "login": "octocat", "name": "string", "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "site_admin": true, "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "type": "User", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat" }, "url": "http://example.com" }

Responses

🟢200Response

application/json

Body

Data related to a release.

browser_download_url

string <uri>

required

content_type

string

required

created_at

string <date-time>

required

download_count

integer

required

integer

required

label

string | null

required

name

string

required

The file name of the asset.

Example:

Team Environment

node_id

string

required

size

integer

required

state

enum<string>

required

State of the release asset.

Allowed values:

uploadedopen

updated_at

string <date-time>

required

uploader

object (Simple User) | null

required

A GitHub user.

avatar_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif

string | null

optional

events_url

string

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}

followers_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers

following_url

string

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}

gists_url

string

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}

gravatar_id

string | null

required

Example:

41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7

html_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://github.com/octocat

integer

required

Example:

string

required

Example:

octocat

name

string | null

optional

node_id

string

required

Example:

MDQ6VXNlcjE=

organizations_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs

received_events_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events

repos_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos

site_admin

boolean

required

starred_at

string

optional

Example:

"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"

starred_url

string

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}

subscriptions_url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions

type

string

required

Example:

User

url

string <uri>

required

Example:

https://api.github.com/users/octocat

url

string <uri>

required

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🟠404404

Request

Responses