github-search-repos

github-search-repos

Search GitBub repositories

Install

$ npm install --save github-search-repos

Usage

const githubSearchRepos = require('github-search-repos');

githubSearchRepos('gulp+language:javascript').then(data => {
	console.log(data.items);
	//=> [{id: 11167738, name: 'gulp', full_name: 'gulpjs/gulp', ...}, ...]
});

API

githubSearchRepos(query, [options])

query

Required
Type: string

Search query.

options.token

Type: string

Token to authenticate with. Use this to increase the request count. Github supports up to 5 unauthenticated request per minute.

If you don't have a token you can generate a new one here.

options.sort

Type: string

Sort results by either stars , forks or updated. By default, results are sorted by best match.

CLI

$ npm install --global github-search-repos

$ github-search-repos --help

  Usage
    $ github-search-repos
    $ github-search-repos gulp
    $ github-search-repos gulp+languge:javascript

  Options
    -i, --interactive  Show results in interactive interface
    -s, --sort         Sort results by either `stars`, `forks` or `updated`
    -t, --token        GitHub authentication token

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson