[NTG-context] install-modules script and git URLs

[NTG-context] install-modules script and git URLs

[Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context]

Hi Hraban and Taco,

the install-modules script doesn’t allow .tar.gz as compression format
to install modules.

.tar.gz seems to be the compression format offered for modules that are
uploaded using a git URL.

Hraban explained in August that thee server could be configured to get
.zip compression for modules in git checkout.

Sorry, I know that you are both very busy, but could it be this issue fixed?

Using git to upload module versions is way more easy than uploading .zip
files.

Many thanks for your help to both,

Pablo
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[NTG-context] Re: install-modules script and git URLs

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 19.12.23 um 18:29 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context:
> Hi Hraban and Taco,
> 
> the install-modules script doesn’t allow .tar.gz as compression format
> to install modules.
> 
> .tar.gz seems to be the compression format offered for modules that are
> uploaded using a git URL.
> 
> Hraban explained in August that the server could be configured to get
> .zip compression for modules in git checkout.
> 
> Sorry, I know that you are both very busy, but could it be this issue fixed?

I looked at the code and don’t understand enough of it… (it’s old Perl 
CGI code).
There are more changes that I’d like to do (e.g. add more licenses – 
needs db access).

> Using git to upload module versions is way more easy than uploading .zip
> files.

I agree.

Hraban
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[NTG-context] Re: install-modules script and git URLs

[Bruce Horrocks]

> On 19 Dec 2023, at 17:48, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
> 
> Am 19.12.23 um 18:29 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context:
>> Hi Hraban and Taco,
>> the install-modules script doesn’t allow .tar.gz as compression format
>> to install modules.
>> .tar.gz seems to be the compression format offered for modules that are
>> uploaded using a git URL.
>> Hraban explained in August that the server could be configured to get
>> .zip compression for modules in git checkout.
>> Sorry, I know that you are both very busy, but could it be this issue fixed?
> 
> I looked at the code and don’t understand enough of it… (it’s old Perl CGI code).
> There are more changes that I’d like to do (e.g. add more licenses – needs db access).
> 
>> Using git to upload module versions is way more easy than uploading .zip
>> files.
> 
> I agree.

The Github API for retrieving a 'zipball' is documented here
<https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#download-a-repository-archive-zip>

The explanation of the allowed options is a little terse but, basically, a URL of the form

  https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/zipball <https://api.github.com/repos/%7BOWNER%7D/%7BREPO%7D/zipball>

should be sufficient to result in a zipped download of the repository named {REPO} owned by {OWNER}.

You can test manually from a Unix/Linux command line using the command:

  $ curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/zipball <https://api.github.com/repos/%7BOWNER%7D/%7BREPO%7D/zipball> > results.zip

If the existing Perl CGI uses a curl command like this then it may simply be enough for Pablo to specify a suitably formatted Github URL.

Note that the -L is necessary because the Github API generates a temporary, time-limited URL and redirects to it by returning a 302 response code.

Regards,
—
Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK

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[NTG-context] Re: install-modules script and git URLs

[Bruce Horrocks]

Firstly, apologies for any confusion: Apple Mail has decided it knows best and has doubled-up the URLs containing { placeholders }. Since the URLs contain placeholders then they can't be used directly anyway but you knew that. :-)

Secondly, on re-reading, it comes over as instructions for Hraban when it was meant to be a suggestion to Pablo to try the alternate form of the Github repository URL first.


> On 19 Dec 2023, at 21:47, Bruce Horrocks <ntg@scorecrow.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 19 Dec 2023, at 17:48, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Am 19.12.23 um 18:29 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context:
>>> Hi Hraban and Taco,
>>> the install-modules script doesn’t allow .tar.gz as compression format
>>> to install modules.
>>> .tar.gz seems to be the compression format offered for modules that are
>>> uploaded using a git URL.
>>> Hraban explained in August that the server could be configured to get
>>> .zip compression for modules in git checkout.
>>> Sorry, I know that you are both very busy, but could it be this issue fixed?
>> 
>> I looked at the code and don’t understand enough of it… (it’s old Perl CGI code).
>> There are more changes that I’d like to do (e.g. add more licenses – needs db access).
>> 
>>> Using git to upload module versions is way more easy than uploading .zip
>>> files.
>> 
>> I agree.
> 
> The Github API for retrieving a 'zipball' is documented here
> <https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#download-a-repository-archive-zip>
> 
> The explanation of the allowed options is a little terse but, basically, a URL of the form
> 
>  https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/zipball<https://api.github.com/repos/%7BOWNER%7D/%7BREPO%7D/zipball>
> 
> should be sufficient to result in a zipped download of the repository named {REPO} owned by {OWNER}.
> 
> You can test manually from a Unix/Linux command line using the command:
> 
>  $ curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/zipball<https://api.github.com/repos/%7BOWNER%7D/%7BREPO%7D/zipball> > results.zip
> 
> If the existing Perl CGI uses a curl command like this then it may simply be enough for Pablo to specify a suitably formatted Github URL.
> 
> Note that the -L is necessary because the Github API generates a temporary, time-limited URL and redirects to it by returning a 302 response code.
> 
> Regards,
> —
> Bruce Horrocks
> Hampshire, UK
> 
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Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK

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[NTG-context] Re: install-modules script and git URLs

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Just so that everyone knows:
Taco has fixed the modules management scripts, so that git checkouts and 
zip uploads work now.

Hraban
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