A simple example to understand how to use github api.
/* Just execute the ':. ! bash' in Vim command mode. The cursor must be on the command below. It's better to backup the command before doing it.
curl --silent https://api.github.com | sed -E 's/",/",\n/'
/* Get all query url.
{
"current_user_url": "https://api.github.com/user",
"current_user_authorizations_html_url": "https://github.com/settings/connections/applications{/client_id}",
"authorizations_url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations",
"code_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/code?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
"commit_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/commits?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
"emails_url": "https://api.github.com/user/emails",
"emojis_url": "https://api.github.com/emojis",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/events",
"feeds_url": "https://api.github.com/feeds",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/user/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/user/following{/target}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists{/gist_id}",
"hub_url": "https://api.github.com/hub",
"issue_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
"issues_url": "https://api.github.com/issues",
"keys_url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys",
"label_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/labels?q={query}&repository_id={repository_id}{&page,per_page}",
"notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/notifications",
"organization_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}",
"organization_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
"organization_teams_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/teams",
"public_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/public",
"rate_limit_url": "https://api.github.com/rate_limit",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}",
"repository_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
"current_user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/user/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/user/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"starred_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/starred",
"topic_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/topics?q={query}{&page,per_page}",
"user_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}",
"user_organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/user/orgs",
"user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
"user_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/users?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}"
}
/* Then try to search a repo.
curl --silent https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=exfat | grep release
"releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/relan/exfat/releases{/id}",
/* Then try to get the exfat latest url.
curl --silent https://api.github.com/repos/relan/exfat/releases/latest
"browser_download_url": "https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v1.3.0/exfat-utils-1.3.0.tar.gz"
"browser_download_url": "https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v1.3.0/fuse-exfat-1.3.0.tar.gz"
/* Finally download all the release packages.
$ curl -L -O https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v1.3.0/exfat-utils-1.3.0.tar.gz
$ curl -L -O https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v1.3.0/fuse-exfat-1.3.0.tar.gz