Gitlab currently lacks a convenient option to download the most recent package from a repository, in contrast to Github. Consequently, one may require a script to obtain the latest package.

Here is the simple script that download latest package.

#!/usr/bin/python
import requests
import json
# Replace <GITLAB_PROJECT_ID> with the ID of your GitLab project
url = "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<GITLAB_PROJECT_ID>/releases"
# Get the latest release
response = requests.get(url)
# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
# Load the JSON response
data = json.loads(response.text)
# Get the first (latest) release
latest_release = data[0]
# Get the assets for the latest release
assets = latest_release["assets"]["links"]
# Find the asset with the name starting with "<GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE>"
target_asset = None
for asset in assets:
if asset["name"].startswith("<GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE"):
target_asset = asset
break
# Check if the target asset was found
if target_asset:
# Get the download URL for the target asset
download_url = target_asset["url"]
# Download the file
response = requests.get(download_url)
# Check if the download was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
# Write the file to disk
with open(target_asset["name"], "wb") as f:
f.write(response.content)
print(f"Downloaded {target_asset['name']}")
else:
print(f"Failed to download the file: {response.text}")
else:
print("Failed to find the target asset")
else:
print(f"Failed to get the latest release: {response.text}")
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To execute this script successfully, it is necessary to customize <GITLAB_PROJECT_ID> and <GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE>. The <GITLAB_PROJECT_ID> can be found by examining the page source and searching for:

<input type="hidden" name="project_id" id="project_id" value= />

To fill in the <GITLAB_PROJECT_ID> field in the script, copy the number from the value field. To identify <GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE>, navigate to the release page of the repository and look for the pattern that each release follows. For instance, if each release contains a number, copy the initial part of that file, excluding the number. In such a scenario, if the file is named something like project-release-1.3.5, <GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE> should be substituted with project-release-. The script will download only the first file with that specific pattern that it discovers.