octokit

What is octokit?

The octokit npm package is a comprehensive toolkit for interacting with the GitHub API. It allows developers to perform a wide range of actions such as managing repositories, issues, pull requests, and more. Octokit is designed to be flexible and powerful, making it easier to integrate GitHub functionalities into applications.

What are octokit's main functionalities?

Repository Management

This feature allows you to manage repositories, including creating new ones. The code sample demonstrates how to create a new repository for the authenticated user.

const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: 'your-token-here' });

async function createRepo() {
  const response = await octokit.repos.createForAuthenticatedUser({
    name: 'new-repo',
    private: false
  });
  console.log(response.data);
}

createRepo();

Issue Management

This feature allows you to manage issues, including creating new ones. The code sample demonstrates how to create a new issue in a specified repository.

const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: 'your-token-here' });

async function createIssue() {
  const response = await octokit.issues.create({
    owner: 'your-username',
    repo: 'your-repo',
    title: 'New Issue',
    body: 'Issue description here'
  });
  console.log(response.data);
}

createIssue();

Pull Request Management

This feature allows you to manage pull requests, including creating new ones. The code sample demonstrates how to create a new pull request in a specified repository.

const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: 'your-token-here' });

async function createPullRequest() {
  const response = await octokit.pulls.create({
    owner: 'your-username',
    repo: 'your-repo',
    title: 'New Pull Request',
    head: 'branch-name',
    base: 'main',
    body: 'Pull request description here'
  });
  console.log(response.data);
}

createPullRequest();

Other packages similar to octokit

node-github

The node-github package is another library for interacting with the GitHub API. It offers similar functionalities to octokit, such as managing repositories, issues, and pull requests. However, octokit is generally more up-to-date and better maintained.

github-api

The github-api package provides a simple interface for interacting with the GitHub API. While it offers similar functionalities to octokit, it is less comprehensive and may lack some of the advanced features and flexibility that octokit provides.

gh.js

The gh.js package is a lightweight library for interacting with the GitHub API. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, but it may not offer the same level of functionality and customization as octokit.

README

octokit.js

We are working on the first version of octokit.js: join the discussion 🧚

For the time being we recommend octokit/rest.

License

MIT