Is there a way to get the latest tag of a given repo using github API v3

Question

I am relatively new to the github api and I am struggling to get the latest tag of a given repo.

Q: Why I need that ?

A:

Answer 1

You can get the latest release at https://api.github.com/repos/$org/$repo/releases/latest

If you want just the tag name, you can try something like this:

curl https://api.github.com/repos/$org/$repo/releases/latest -s | jq .name -r