Functions/Public/New-GitHubReleaseAsset.ps1
function New-GitHubReleaseAsset { <# .SYNOPSIS Create a new GitHub release asset .DESCRIPTION Create a GitHub release asset for a given release .PARAMETER Owner Optional, the Owner of the repo that you want to create the release on, default to the authenticated user .PARAMETER Repository Mandatory, the name of the Repository that you want to create the release on. .PARAMETER ReleaseId Mandatory, the name of the tag of this release .PARAMETER Path Optional, specify the branch of the tag, default to the default branch (usually `master`) .PARAMETER ContentType Optional, the SHA of the commit that correspond to the tag .EXAMPLE Create a new release asset in release with id 1234567 of project 'test-organization/test-repo' PS C:\> New-GitHubRelease -Owner 'test-organization' -RepositoryName 'test-repo' -ReleaseId 1234567 -Path .\myasset.zip .NOTES 1. This cmdlet will not help you create a tag, you need to use git to do that. 2. This cmdlet will not help you to upload assets to the release, you need to use other functions to do that 3. If both `Branch` and `CommitSHA` are provided, the release will be created based on the `Branch` 4. If a relase with the same tag already exist and it is not a draft, this method will fail #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [string] $Owner = (Get-GitHubUser).login, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [ValidatePattern('^[\w-]+$')] [Alias('Repository')] [string] $RepositoryName, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $ReleaseId, [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [Alias('FullName')] [string] $Path, [string] $ContentType = 'application/zip', [Security.SecureString] $Token = (Get-GitHubToken) ) process { ### check path of asset if (-Not (Test-Path -Path $Path)) { Write-Error "Failed to locate asset at $Path" } ### extract name $Name = Get-Item -Path $Path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name ### create a API call $apiCall = @{ Body = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw Headers = @{'Content-Type' = $ContentType } Method = 'post' Uri = "https://uploads.github.com/repos/$Owner/$RepositoryName/releases/$ReleaseId/assets?name=$Name&label=$Name" Token = $Token } # invoke the api call Invoke-GitHubApi @apiCall } } |