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A simple Javascript API that will return the public github contributions history for a user based on a universal function
A simple Javascript API that will return the public Github contributions history for a user based on a universal function

This is a simple REST API wrapper around GitHubs API/V4 contributions graphQL api. Prior to the implementation of the V4 api this package scraped contribution data from GitHub profiles.
Via npm
npm i github-contributions-counter
Via yarn
yarn add github-contributions-counter
import { getGithubContributions } from 'github-contributions-counter'
getGithubContributions({
username: 'github_username',
token: 'github_token' // secret
}).then((r) => {
console.log(r)
})
| Parameter | Description | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
username | A valid GitHub username. Organization names are not currently supported | Required | string |
token | A valid GitHub PAT with read:usr permissions. You can find instructions on how to generate a PAT here. | Required | string |
Contributions are welcomed and encouraged! Refer to Contribution Guidelines
git clone git@github.com:SammyRobensParadise/github-contributions-counter.git
npm install
# or
yarn install
Develop 💻
Build using rollup.js
npm run build
# or
yarn run build
Author: Sammy Robens-Paradise. sammy.world
FAQs
A simple Javascript API that will return the public github contributions history for a user based on a universal function
We found that github-contributions-counter demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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