[Bug]: Unable to download a release from the Github API

[yorffuoj]

Guidelines

• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

This bug is not directly related to the FreeTube app but to this GitHub repo. I apologize because I don't know how to label it.

I want to automate the download of the latest FreeTube version when available.
So I checked the GitHub API page and followed the steps.
When I run the command

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/reeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/latest

I only get a 404 error.
I tried other repos and it worked.
Note that I generated again a token to make sure it was not because of it.
I wonder what is wrong with this repo. Maybe some settings don't allow me to do so.

Expected Behavior

When I run the command

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/reeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/latest

I want to get hte list of all available assets for the latest release

Issue Labels

usability issue

FreeTube Version

all

Operating System Version

Linux

Installation Method

.deb

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

No response

Additional Information

No response

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[absidue]

The problem is not with this repo but with your API call, you likely didn't read the API docs correctly, specifically this part:

The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the created_at attribute.

You are asking GitHub to return the most recent non-prerelease release but as FreeTube is in beta we only have pre-releases, so GitHub is correctly telling you that what you are asking for doesn't exist. Instead you should be calling the list releases endpoint and using the first item in the array e.g. https://api.github.com/repos/freetubeapp/freetube/releases?per_page=1 (adding per_page=1 instructs it to only return the first item in the array).

[yorffuoj]

Indeed I did not pay attention to that. Thank you a lot for the information.