@hsborges/github-proxy-server v4.1.3

GitHub Proxy Server

GitHub Proxy Server is a tool to support researchers make a lot of requests to GitHub API (REST or GraphQL).

In summary, it allows use multiple access tokens and synchronizes the requests to not inflict the GitHub API usage policy.

Installation

Use the package manager npm to install locally.

npm install -g @hsborges/github-proxy-server

Usage

To use this tool you need to provide at least one GitHub access token:

github-proxy-server -p 8080 -t <access_token>

Or you can provide a file with several access token (one per line):

github-proxy-server -p 8080 --tokens <tokens.txt>

After that, just make the requests to http://localhost:8080 instead of https://api.github.com. For example:

curl -s http://localhost:8080/users/hsborges 2>&1

To more usage information, use the option --help.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT