Download latest release from Gitlab. You would need to modify <GITLAB_PROJECT_ID> and <GITLAB_PROJECT_RELEASE_FILE> for script to work.

gitlab-latest.py

#!/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}")