How can I download a single raw file from a private github repo using the command line?
The previous answers don't work (or don't work anymore).
You can use the V3 API to get a raw file like this (you'll need an OAuth token):
curl -H 'Authorization: token INSERTACCESSTOKENHERE' \ -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' \ -O \ -L https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/contents/path
All of this has to go on one line. The -O
option saves the file in the current directory. You can use -o filename
to specify a different filename.
To get the OAuth token follow the instructions here:
I've written this up as a gist as well:
EDIT: API references for the solution are as follows:
Alternatively, you can use a github "personal access token" (https://github.com/settings/tokens):
TOKEN=...curl -s https://$TOKEN@raw.githubusercontent.com/<user or organization>/<repo name>/<branch>/<path to file>/<file_name>
Example:
$ curl -s https://1bacnotmyrealtoken123beefbea@raw.githubusercontent.com/concourse/concourse/master/README.md....
I know this is an old question, but none of the solutions proposed above worked for me. Perhaps the API has changed since then.
This worked:
curl -H 'Authorization: token [insert your token here]' -o output.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/[organization]/[repo]/[branch]/[path to file]