[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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[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  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 19 Dec 2023, at 17:48, Henning Hraban Ramm  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
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 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
>  > 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]

> On 19 Dec 2023, at 17:48, Henning Hraban Ramm  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


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 


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 
 > 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

[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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