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github-following

v1.0.3

Published

Get a list of users a user is following.

Downloads

10

Readme

Following

NPM version Build Status Coverage Status Dependencies

Get a list of users a user is following.

Installation

$ npm install github-following

Usage

var following = require( 'github-following' );

following( opts, clbk )

Gets a list of users a user is following.

var opts = {
	'username': 'kgryte'
};

following( opts, clbk );

function clbk( error, results, info ) {
	// Check for rate limit information...
	if ( info ) {
		console.error( 'Limit: %d', info.limit );
		console.error( 'Remaining: %d', info.remaining );
		console.error( 'Reset: %s', (new Date( info.reset*1000 )).toISOString() );
	}
	if ( error ) {
		throw new Error( error.message );
	}
	console.log( JSON.stringify( results ) );
	// returns <user_data>
}

The function accepts the following options:

To authenticate with Github, set the token option.

var opts = {
	'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!'
};

following( opts, clbk );

To get a list of users a particular user is following, set the username option.

var opts = {
	'username': 'kgryte'
};

following( opts, clbk );

To specify a user agent, set the useragent option.

var opts = {
	'useragent': 'hello-github!'
};

following( opts, clbk );

following.factory( options, clbk )

Creates a reusable function.

var opts = {
	'username': 'kgryte',
	'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!'
};

var get = following.factory( opts, clbk );

get();
get();
get();
// ...

The factory method accepts the same options as following().

Notes

  • Either a username or a token or both must be provided. If provided a token, but not a username, the function fetches who the authenticated user is following on Github.
  • Rate limit information includes the following:
    • limit: maximum number of requests a consumer is permitted to make per hour.
    • remaining: number of remaining requests.
    • reset: time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC seconds.

Examples

var following = require( 'github-following' );

var opts = {
	'username': 'kgryte',
	'useragent': 'beep-boop-bop'
};

following( opts, clbk );

function clbk( error, results, info ) {
	if ( info ) {
		console.error( info );
	}
	if ( error ) {
		throw new Error( error.message );
	}
	console.log( results );
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ DEBUG=* node ./examples/index.js

CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g github-following

Usage

Usage: ghfollowing [options] 

Options:

  -h,  --help               Print this message.
  -V,  --version            Print the package version.
       --token token        Github access token.
       --username username  Github username.
  -ua, --useragent ua       User agent.

Notes

  • In addition to the token option, the token may also be specified by a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. The command-line option always takes precedence.
  • Request resources are written to stdout.
  • Rate limit information is written to stderr.

Examples

Setting the access token using the command-line option:

$ DEBUG=* ghfollowing --token <token> --username 'kgryte'
# => '[{...},{...},...]'

Setting the access token using an environment variable:

$ DEBUG=* GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> ghfollowing --username 'kgryte'
# => '[{...},{...},...]'

For local installations, modify the command to point to the local installation directory; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* ./node_modules/.bin/ghfollowing --token <token> --username 'kgryte'
# => '[{...},{...},...]'

Or, if you have cloned this repository and run npm install, modify the command to point to the executable; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* node ./bin/cli --token <token> --username 'kgryte'
# => '[{...},{...},...]'

Tests

Unit

This repository uses tape for unit tests. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

Browser Support

This repository uses Testling for browser testing. To run the tests in a (headless) local web browser, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-browsers

To view the tests in a local web browser,

$ make view-browser-tests

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016. Athan Reines.