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+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "fa74a82c3dc6db1a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# GitHub for data releases "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "38c6a6b67bd16e42",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Introduction"
+   ]
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+   "id": "b8b55c9e96c43bc3",
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+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "%pip install python-dotenv"
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+   "id": "b68da291930fbf4",
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+      "Note: you may need to restart the kernel to use updated packages.\n"
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+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "%pip install PyGithub"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "id": "68cdc5d497e208e3",
+   "metadata": {
+    "ExecuteTime": {
+     "end_time": "2024-05-11T16:18:46.000392Z",
+     "start_time": "2024-05-11T16:18:45.992401Z"
+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from dotenv import load_dotenv\n",
+    "import os\n",
+    "\n",
+    "load_dotenv(\"thesis_env_ro\", verbose=True)  # take environment variables from the file\n",
+    "token = os.getenv('GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 14,
+   "id": "1069e0bfa4686f67",
+   "metadata": {
+    "ExecuteTime": {
+     "end_time": "2024-05-16T17:44:25.085423Z",
+     "start_time": "2024-05-16T17:44:21.570849Z"
+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "https://api.github.com/repos/norandom/log2ml/releases/assets/168114916\n"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
+       "model_id": "5f0622d443bc48728f0e7ed72ebd7fab",
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+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "display_data"
+    },
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "File downloaded successfully and saved as lab_logs_normal_activity_may_15_2024.csv\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "from github import Github\n",
+    "import requests\n",
+    "from tqdm.notebook import tqdm\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "def get_specific_file_from_tagged_release(token, repo_name, tag_name, filename):\n",
+    "    g = Github(token)\n",
+    "    repo = g.get_repo(repo_name)\n",
+    "    releases = repo.get_releases()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    for release in releases:\n",
+    "        if release.tag_name == tag_name:\n",
+    "            for asset in release.get_assets():\n",
+    "                if asset.name == filename:\n",
+    "                    return asset.url\n",
+    "    print(\"File not found. Try get_specific_file_from_latest_release() instead.\")\n",
+    "    return None\n",
+    "\n",
+    "def get_specific_file_from_latest_release(token, repo_name, filename):\n",
+    "    g = Github(token)\n",
+    "    repo = g.get_repo(repo_name)\n",
+    "    release = repo.get_latest_release()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    for asset in release.get_assets():\n",
+    "        if asset.name == filename:\n",
+    "            return asset.url  # Use asset.url which points to API URL needing headers\n",
+    "\n",
+    "def download_file(url, token, save_path):\n",
+    "    headers = {'Authorization': f'token {token}', 'Accept': 'application/octet-stream'}\n",
+    "    # First request to handle GitHub's redirection and authentication properly\n",
+    "    with requests.get(url, headers=headers, stream=True) as initial_response:\n",
+    "        initial_response.raise_for_status()  # Ensure the initial request is successful\n",
+    "        # Follow redirection if necessary, maintaining headers\n",
+    "        if initial_response.history:\n",
+    "            url = initial_response.url  # Updated URL after redirection\n",
+    "\n",
+    "        # Now, proceed with downloading the file\n",
+    "        with requests.get(url, headers=headers, stream=True) as response:\n",
+    "            response.raise_for_status()\n",
+    "            total_size_in_bytes = int(response.headers.get('content-length', 0))\n",
+    "            block_size = 1024\n",
+    "            \n",
+    "            progress_bar = tqdm(total=total_size_in_bytes, unit='iB', unit_scale=True)\n",
+    "            with open(save_path, 'wb') as file:\n",
+    "                for data in response.iter_content(block_size):\n",
+    "                    progress_bar.update(len(data))\n",
+    "                    file.write(data)\n",
+    "            progress_bar.close()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "            if total_size_in_bytes != 0 and progress_bar.n != total_size_in_bytes:\n",
+    "                print(\"ERROR, something went wrong\")\n",
+    "            else:\n",
+    "                print(f\"File downloaded successfully and saved as {save_path}\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Your GitHub token\n",
+    "github_token = token\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Repository name\n",
+    "repository_name = \"norandom/log2ml\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# File name to search for\n",
+    "file_name = \"lab_logs_normal_activity_may_15_2024.json\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Get the download URL of the specific file\n",
+    "# download_url = get_specific_file_from_latest_release(github_token, repository_name, file_name)\n",
+    "download_url = get_specific_file_from_tagged_release(github_token, repository_name, \"foundations\", file_name)\n",
+    "print(download_url)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if download_url:\n",
+    "    local_file_path = \"lab_logs_normal_activity_may_15_2024.csv\"\n",
+    "    download_file(download_url, github_token, local_file_path)\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print(\"File not found.\")\n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 16,
+   "id": "393703bd6e7a693f",
+   "metadata": {
+    "ExecuteTime": {
+     "end_time": "2024-05-16T17:44:33.762701Z",
+     "start_time": "2024-05-16T17:44:33.641528Z"
+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "8000 lab_logs_normal_activity_may_15_2024.csv\r\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "!wc -l lab_logs_normal_activity_may_15_2024.csv"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
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+   "display_name": "Python 3",
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