Refined-github: Add download_count next to each release artifact

[greg-hellings]

Show the download_count next to each artifact for a release. This information can be fetched from the API as the download_count feature of each artifact, but is not available in the UI.

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[sindresorhus]

Sounds useful. @greg-hellings Would you be interested in doing a pull request?

[greg-hellings]

I've never worked a Firefox plugin before. I'll see what I can do.

[yeskunall]

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/releases/tags/:tag returns an empty array for assets, which is weird because I see two binaries attached to this release. @bfred-it any idea? 🤔

[jgierer12]

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/releases/tags/:tag returns an empty array for assets

Which repo + tag did you try this on? GET https://api.github.com/repos/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/releases/tags/variable-fonts correctly returns the assets for me.

[tanmayrajani]

@yeskunall according to this SO answer and looking at the sample assets JSON object, I think assets are only the manually uploaded files with a release and not the auto-generated zip files.

Also, quoting the GitHub blog,

You can also attach binary assets (such as compiled executables,
minified scripts, documentation) to a release.

Considering the details above is a fact, we might need to re-think on whether this is a broadly used feature and/or is it worth adding the download_count for manually uploaded binaries (aka assets).. _or maybe it's just me, I haven't ever downloaded any assets._

[yeskunall]

@tanmayrajani yeah, I went through the same process, I just didn't elaborate my steps. I came to the same
conclusion, but was hoping the person who released the latest would be able to confirm it.

@jgierer12 try it for this repo. Also, the comment above should explain why we're not seeing any data returned in the assets array in my example.

[jgierer12]

Yeah, realized you tried to get the zipped/tarballed downloads. Reading the GitHub docs, it doesn't seem like there's a way to get download counts for those, unfortunately.

[yeskunall]

Well, this feature might still be useful if/when binaries are uploaded manually, but I'll leave that part to the maintainers. 🚶

[yakov116]

@yeskunall any android repo this would be useful

[sindresorhus]

I personally don't see the use-case for wanting the download count of the automatic assets. Does anyone even download those when you can just clone the repo instead.

I do, however, really want the download count of manually uploaded assets.

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