title: GitHub Api download zip or tarball link
body: <p>There was a good link here about how the zip/tarball string is created</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6334040/when-i-download-a-zip-from-github-what-is-the-hex-string-at-the-end-of-the-file">When I download a zip from github, what is the hex string at the end of the file name represent?</a></p>
  
  <p>But I'm looking at the GitHub APIv3 and I was curious if I'm missing something.</p>
  
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  <li><p>Is there a way to get the zip/tarball link via an API call?</p></li>
  <li><p>If not, is there a way I can build that string without using the git binary or library? Meaning, can I use various API calls to pull out th data a need and assemble to URL I need?</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I know the second question is a little unreasonable for stackoverflow and this is a bit of a fun project for me, so I would prefer on the second question if you just kind of nudged me in the right direction as opposed to throwing down a code snippet. Or just told me if it was possible.</p>