github-contents

Gets the contents of a file from a public Github repo using the github API.

installation

npm install github-contents

example usage

var getContents = require('github-contents');
getContents('lib/xmlrpc-router.js', function (err, contents) {
    console.log(contents);
});

pros

• uses the official github API and therefore stable (getting files via raw http address is going away).

cons

• fimited to 60 requests per hour (as per standard github policy for unauthenticated requests).
• fetches the entire file's contents at once. A streaming method for low memory-consumption would be preferable.

roadmap

At some point I'd like to add a few more methods / options:

• allow authentication so as to be able to make more requests per hour and/or for getting contents from a private repo
• add a streaming method for low memory-consumption so that this could be run on a VPS without worrying about memory usage.
• possibly some other file-related methods, maybe even something like a fs module that works through github transparently

feel free to send PR for the above, other features, etc.

testing

Tests require mocha to be installed.

$ mocha

license

MIT Style License (see LICENSE.txt)