{"id":20890,"library":"a3s-code","title":"A3S Code","description":"A3S Code is a Python bootstrap package that fetches and manages platform-native binaries (e.g., CLI tools) from GitHub Releases. Version 1.11.0 requires Python >=3.10. It simplifies distributing compiled executables by automating download and integration.","status":"active","version":"1.11.0","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/A3S-Lab/Code","tags":["bootstrap","binary-download","github-releases","cli","package-management"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install a3s-code","lang":"bash","label":"Install from PyPI"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"For HTTP requests to GitHub API and binary downloads.","package":"requests","optional":false}],"imports":[{"note":"Standard import as per documentation.","symbol":"A3SCode","correct":"from a3s_code import A3SCode"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import os\nfrom a3s_code import A3SCode\n\ndef main():\n    # Update to your repository and binary details\n    client = A3SCode(\n        owner='my-org',\n        repo='my-repo',\n        binary_name='my-cli',\n        github_token=os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN', '')\n    )\n    version = client.get_latest_version()\n    print(f'Latest version: {version}')\n\nif __name__ == '__main__':\n    main()","lang":"python","description":"Initialize A3SCode client to fetch binaries from a GitHub release."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Upgrade Python to 3.10 or later.","message":"Requires Python >=3.10. Older Python versions will fail to install.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=1.0.0"},{"fix":"Set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable with a personal access token.","message":"If GITHUB_TOKEN is not set, only public repositories with low rate limits are accessible. Rate limits may cause failures.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Specify binary_name with '.exe' on Windows (e.g., 'my-cli.exe').","message":"On Windows, binary names often require a '.exe' suffix. Not appending it will cause 'FileNotFoundError'.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run 'pip install a3s-code' and use 'from a3s_code import A3SCode'.","cause":"The package is not installed or the import path is wrong.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'a3s_code'"},{"fix":"Set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to a valid personal access token.","cause":"GitHub API rate limit exceeded without authentication.","error":"requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden"},{"fix":"Ensure binary_name matches exactly the filename in the GitHub release, including extension.","cause":"The binary was not downloaded because the binary_name is wrong or missing platform suffix.","error":"FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/path/to/binary'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}