github-images

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Download images from private GitHub issues and PRs using authenticated signed URLs.

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Sourceconnorads/dotfiles

Added on2026-03-10

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github-images

Download image attachments from GitHub issues and pull requests, including private repos that require authentication.

When to use

User shares a GitHub issue/PR URL and you need to view screenshots or images from it
You need to download image attachments from a private repo
User asks to "grab the screenshots from that issue" or similar

Usage

bash

# From a full GitHub URL
ghimg https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/39

# From a PR URL
ghimg https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/42

# Using owner/repo and number separately
ghimg owner/repo 39

# Custom output directory
ghimg owner/repo 39 -o ./screenshots

# Print signed URLs only (pipe-friendly)
ghimg owner/repo 39 --urls-only

Default output:

/tmp/ghimg/<owner>/<repo>/<number>/

After downloading, use

Read

to view the images (Claude Code supports image files).

Manual fallback

If

ghimg

is unavailable, use

gh api

directly:

bash

# Fetch body_html with signed image URLs (valid ~5 min)
gh api repos/owner/repo/issues/39 \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.full+json" \
  --jq '.body_html'

# Fetch comment images too
gh api repos/owner/repo/issues/39/comments \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.full+json" \
  --paginate --jq '.[].body_html'

# Download a signed URL
curl -sL -o image.png "https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/..."

The key insight:

application/vnd.github.full+json

returns

body_html

containing JWT-signed URLs for private image attachments. These URLs expire after ~5 minutes.

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