This project allows you to download any folder inside a repo on github.

You need to have installed latest node, git, npm

Execute this:

# Clone this repo:
git clone -b main --depth 1 https://github.com/nikelborm/download-github-folder.git
# cd to it:
cd download-github-folder
# Install dependencies:
npm install
# Create .env file:
cp .template.env .env

Then get personal github access token here

• GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN: This is your personal access token from GitHub. It is used to authenticate your requests to the GitHub API. You can generate one from your GitHub account settings.
• GITHUB_REPO_OWNER: This is the username of the owner of the repository you are trying to download from. For example, if the repository's URL is https://github.com/apache/superset, the owner is apache.
• GITHUB_REPO_NAME: This is the name of the repository you are trying to download from. In the example above, the repository name is superset.
• PATH_TO_DIRECTORY_IN_REPO: This is the path to the directory you want to download. It can be directory that lies inside root of repo like docker or it can be some nested directory like docker/nginx.
• COMMIT_SHA_HASH_OR_BRANCH_NAME_OR_TAG_NAME: This is the commit SHA hash, branch name, or tag name you want to download from. If you don't specify it, the default branch in the repository will be used.

1. Set env variables in .env file
2. Run npm start