Github API does not return latest build

[Vunzz]

Hi,

I am busy creating a little script, to always download the latest release from Github, using the Github API: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest.

Somehow the API refers to the previous version: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/download/v1.0.11692/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle instead of https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/download/v1.0.12576/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle.

Powershell:
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest" | ConvertFrom-Json).Assets.browser_download_url[2] -OutFile ".\Downloads\wingetupdate.msixbundle"

[ItzLevvie]

This is because https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.12576 is marked as pre-release in GitHub Releases, so it's not shown in https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest.

You can get the pre-release version from https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases (by removing the /latest at the end) which will show all of the releases published so far in the winget-cli repository:

[Vunzz]

I wish everything was so simple 😉
Although the pre-release tag is easy to overlook.

[Vunzz]

Bonus:

Powershell
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ((Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases" | ConvertFrom-Json).Assets.browser_download_url | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_ -like "*.msixbundle"} | Sort-Object | Select-Object -Last 1) -OutFile .\Downloads\wingetupdate.msixbundle && Add-AppPackage -Path .\Downloads\wingetupdate.msixbundle