Github Collect

A NodeJS library for getting Github objects like repositories, members, gists for users and orgs.

Install

npm install github-collect

Configuration

Configuration is handled by rc so any of those valid ways of definingconfiguration will work.

• github_token: Your Oauth token for Github; you can create one on your Github account under Settings -> Applications. Example of using an environment variable: export github_collect_github_token=abc

Use

var gc = require('github-collect');

// Get returns a promise
gc.get('username').done(function(data) {
  console.log(data);
});

// Username can be an array or a string of names separated by columns
gc.get('username1,username2');
gc.get(['username1', 'username2']);

Provides promises with q.

Data structure

What you will get back in return is a keyed object by username of the Github information for that username with a custom property called objects which holds the supplementary objects.

{
  organization_name: {
    ...,
    objects: {
      repos: [],
      gists: [],
      members: []
    }
  },
  user_name: {
    ...,
    objects: {
      repos: [],
      gists: []
    }
  }
}

Test

npm install -g mocha
mocha