github-user-data v1.2.0

Documentation for github-user-data

The purpose of this code is to make a simple GitHub API wrapper and help user retrieve valuable information.

Installation

npm install github-user-data

Dependencies

This code requires the following dependencies:

1. axios
2. log-symbols

GithubUserData Function

Parameters

1. username (required): the GitHub username of the user to retrieve information for
2. option (optional): a string indicating the type of user information to retrieve. If this parameter is not provided, all available user information will be returned. This parameter is case-insensitive.

Returned. Possible options are:

1. login
2. id
3. node_id
4. avatar_url
5. gravatar_id
6. url
7. type
8. site_admin
9. name
10. company
11. blog
12. location
13. email
14. hireable
15. bio
16. twitter_username
17. public_repos
18. public_gists
19. followers
20. following
21. created_at
22. updated_at
23. all - (returns all personal information)

Example

import { GithubUserData } from "github-user-data";

async function main() {
  const username = "octocat";
  const option = "location";
  const userData = await GithubUserData(username, option);
  console.log(userData);
}

main();

// Outputs { 'San Francisco' }

CountStars Function

Parameters

1. username (required): the GitHub username of the user to count stars for

Example

import { CountStars } from "github-user-data";

async function main() {
  const username = "octocat";
  const stars = await CountStars(username);
  console.log(stars);
}

main();

// Status as of 3/29/2023 Outputs { 15044 }

GetNamesOfAllRepos Function

Parameters

1. username (required): the GitHub username of the user, all of his public repositories will be saved in array

Example

import { GetNamesOfAllRepos } from "github-user-data";

async function main() {
  const username = "octocat";
  const names = await GetNamesOfAllRepos(username);
  console.log(names);
  console.log(names.length);
}

main();

/* 
Status as of 4/11/2023 Outputs:

[
  'boysenberry-repo-1',
  'git-consortium',
  'hello-worId',
  'Hello-World',
  'linguist',
  'octocat.github.io',
  'Spoon-Knife',
  'test-repo1'
] 

8

*/

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License.