GitHubby uses request (simplified http request client) to fetch the contents of a GitHub page and then Cheerio (server side jQuery implementation) to parse the document.
Note: this is the first commit/version of package GitHubby. Currently proper error handling is on the todo list but right now the functions assume that you are not an idiot programmer and provide the proper arguments as described below.
Install GitHubby from the command line or download it from GitHub.
npm install GitHubby
Require it in your Node.js application.
var GitHubby = require('githubby');
This is a list of all methods.
Get the information of a single user.
GitHubby.getUser('jochemstoel', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
{
"name": "Jochem Stoel",
"image": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4212360?v=3&s=400",
"worksFor": "Jochem Stoel",
"homeLocation": "Netherlands",
"website": "http://jochemstoel.github.io/",
"joined": "Apr 20, 2013"
}
Get a list of user repositories.
GitHubby.getUserRepositories('jochemstoel', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"href": "https://github.com/jochemstoel/php-ago",
"text": "Convert the difference between a given timestamp and the present moment to human language."
},
{
"href": "https://github.com/jochemstoel/google-search-suggestions",
"text": "This PHP class will return 10 Google Search suggestions for any given language and phrase(s)"
},
{
"href": "https://github.com/jochemstoel/jquery-bootstrap-contextmenu",
"text": "Tiny right-mouseclick contextmenu for jQuery / Bootstrap."
},
...etc etc
]
Get a list of all girls the user is following.
GitHubby.getUserFollowing('jochemstoel', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"name": "Morteza Milani",
"url": "https://github.com/milani",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/508130?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Sjoer van der Ploeg",
"url": "https://github.com/sfjuocekr",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/398018?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Erik Smit",
"url": "https://github.com/erik-smit",
"image": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1376121?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Abe",
"url": "https://github.com/abrahamkoshy",
"image": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/323375?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Alan Hamlett",
"url": "https://github.com/alanhamlett",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/522344?v=3&s=192"
}
]
Get a list of all the stalkers who are following a user.
GitHubby.getUserFollowers('jochemstoel', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"name": "Sjoer van der Ploeg",
"url": "/sfjuocekr",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/398018?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Erik Smit",
"url": "/erik-smit",
"image": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1376121?v=3&s=192"
},
{
"name": "Robin Prak",
"url": "/SLKTH",
"image": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/11011399?v=3&s=192"
}
]
Search for GitHub repositories. Set the second parameter (language) to false if you want to search all languages but you have to provide something.
GitHubby.searchRepositories('electron', 'javascript', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"name": "electron",
"href": "https://github.com//electron-userland/electron-packager",
"owner": "electron-userland",
"description": "Package and distribute your Electron app with OS-specific bundles (.app, .exe etc) via JS or CLI"
},
{
"name": "electron",
"href": "https://github.com//szwacz/electron-boilerplate",
"owner": "szwacz",
"description": "Boilerplate application for Electron runtime"
},
{
"name": "electronic",
"href": "https://github.com//geeeeeeeeek/electronic-wechat",
"owner": "geeeeeeeeek",
"description": "A better WeChat client on Mac OS X and Linux."
},
{
"name": "electron",
"href": "https://github.com//electron-userland/electron-prebuilt",
"owner": "electron-userland",
"description": "Install Electron (formerly atom-shell) prebuilts using npm"
},
... etc etc
]
Search code inside repositories. The second argument false means any language. Set to 'javascript' or 'c' or 'ruby' ...and so on.
GitHubby.searchCode('system.io.file', false, (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"repository": "mp3infp",
"owner": "k-takata",
"file": "src/lib/mp4v2/libplatform/src/FileSystem.cpp",
"href": "https://github.com/k-takata/mp3infp/blob/19e4a6643d5646d7eb20300914279fc16235f69a/src/lib/mp4v2/libplatform/src/FileSystem.cpp"
},
{
"repository": "MissingFeatures.NET",
"owner": "NikolayIT",
"file": "MissingFeatures.Tests.Fakes/FakesAssemblies/mscorlib.Fakes.fakesconfig",
"href": "https://github.com/NikolayIT/MissingFeatures.NET/blob/c06c4d60699b37da433845a9767ff2eedfd8f1c7/MissingFeatures.Tests.Fakes/FakesAssemblies/mscorlib.Fakes.fakesconfig"
},
{
"repository": "strategoxt",
"owner": "metaborg",
"file": "strategoxt/stratego-libraries/lib/ssl-compat/io.str",
"href": "https://github.com/metaborg/strategoxt/blob/bb586fe04a9e1f277ead402d08dad248392253ae/strategoxt/stratego-libraries/lib/ssl-compat/io.str"
},
... etc etc
]
Use this method to search for users.
GitHubby.searchUsers('jochem', (data) =>
{
console.log(data);
});
Response
[
{
"name": "Jochem Stoel",
"image": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4212360?v=3&s=400",
"worksFor": "Jochem Stoel",
"homeLocation": "Netherlands",
"website": "http://jochemstoel.github.io/",
"joined": "Apr 20, 2013"
},
{
"name": "Jochem Kossen",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/365837?v=3&s=400",
"worksFor": "",
"homeLocation": "Zwolle, NL",
"website": "http://jkossen.nl",
"joined": "Aug 16, 2010"
},
{
"name": "Jochem",
"image": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2325654?v=3&s=400",
"worksFor": "",
"homeLocation": "Utrecht, NL",
"website": "",
"joined": "Sep 11, 2012"
},
{
"name": "Jochem Nabuurs",
"image": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1541475?v=3&s=400",
"worksFor": "Jaffiro (freelance webdevelopment)",
"homeLocation": "Nijmegen, The Netherlands",
"website": "http://www.jaffiro.nl",
"joined": "Mar 15, 2012"
},
... etc etc
]
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