API Documentation

// Download and save a repository as a zip file
async function downloadRepo() {
  const url = 'https://git-downloader.com/api/zip?url=https://github.com/owner/repo';
  
  try {
    const response = await fetch(url);
    
    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`Error: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
    }
    
    // Get the filename from the Content-Disposition header
    const contentDisposition = response.headers.get('content-disposition');
    const filename = contentDisposition
      ? contentDisposition.split('filename=')[1].replace(/"/g, '')
      : 'repository.zip';
    
    // Convert the response to a blob
    const blob = await response.blob();
    
    // Create a download link and trigger the download
    const downloadUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
    const a = document.createElement('a');
    a.href = downloadUrl;
    a.download = filename;
    document.body.appendChild(a);
    a.click();
    document.body.removeChild(a);
    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Download failed:', error);
  }
}

import requests
import os

def download_repository(github_url, commit=None, token=None):
    """
    Download a GitHub repository as a zip file
    
    Args:
        github_url (str): GitHub repository URL
        commit (str, optional): Commit SHA
        token (str, optional): GitHub personal access token
    """
    # Construct the API URL
    api_url = 'https://git-downloader.com/api/zip'
    params = {'url': github_url}
    
    if commit:
        params['commit'] = commit
    
    if token:
        params['token'] = token
    
    try:
        # Make the request
        response = requests.get(api_url, params=params, stream=True)
        response.raise_for_status()
        
        # Get filename from Content-Disposition header
        content_disposition = response.headers.get('content-disposition', '')
        if 'filename=' in content_disposition:
            filename = content_disposition.split('filename=')[1].strip('"')
        else:
            # Extract repo name from GitHub URL
            repo_name = github_url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1]
            filename = f"{repo_name}.zip"
        
        # Save the file
        with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
            for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
                f.write(chunk)
        
        print(f"Repository downloaded successfully as {filename}")
        return filename
    
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Error downloading repository: {e}")
        return None

# Example usage
download_repository('https://github.com/owner/repo')