From f9bc1c9fdff326903ceae14efaec3226c8e05fb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:36:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] DRYer

---
 .github/workflows/ci.py  | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 .github/workflows/ci.yml |  1 +
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.py b/.github/workflows/ci.py
index da29346b9..a9559d01c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
 import time
+from typing import Any
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 BUNDLE_URL = 'https://download.calibre-ebook.com/ci/kitty/{}-64.tar.xz'
@@ -103,20 +104,22 @@ def install_fonts() -> None:
             tf.extractall(fonts_dir)
 
 
+def make_github_api_request(slug: str, **headers: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    headers.update(**{'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'})
+    if gh_token := os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN'):
+        headers['Authorization'] = f'token {gh_token}'
+    api_req = Request(f'https://api.github.com/{slug}', headers=headers)
+    ans = json.loads(download_with_retry(api_req))
+    assert isinstance(ans, dict)
+    return ans
+
+
 def install_slang_compiler() -> None:
     os_name = 'macos' if is_macos else 'linux'
     machine = platform.machine().lower()
     arch = 'aarch64' if machine in ('aarch64', 'arm64') else 'x86_64'
 
-    api_headers: dict[str, str] = {'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'}
-    gh_token = os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN')
-    if gh_token:
-        api_headers['Authorization'] = f'token {gh_token}'
-    api_req = Request(
-        'https://api.github.com/repos/shader-slang/slang/releases/latest',
-        headers=api_headers,
-    )
-    release = json.loads(download_with_retry(api_req))
+    release = make_github_api_request('repos/shader-slang/slang/releases/latest')
     version = release['tag_name'].lstrip('v')
 
     asset_name = f'slang-{version}-{os_name}-{arch}.tar.gz'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 217ec38a1..0e09a3c3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ env:
     ASAN_OPTIONS: detect_leaks=0
     LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
     LANG: en_US.UTF-8
+    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
 permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)