github-spectrum

The github-spectrum function finds color codes for any Github language (according to Github Linguist) in either their native HEX format or RGBA

Install

npm install github-spectrum

Usage

var spectrum = require('github-spectrum');
 
var color = spectrum(
    // e.g. 'JavaScript'
    languageName,
 
    // 'rgba' or 'hex', defaults to 'hex'
    type
);

Examples

Language names are case insensitive and also check through language aliases as specified per entry in Github Linguist. If a language is not found, either '#cccccc' or 'rgba(204,204,204,1)' will be returned by default.

spectrum('js')                         // '#f1e05a'
spectrum('JavaScript')                 // '#f1e05a'
spectrum('JavaScript', 'rgba')         // 'rgba(241,224,90,1)'
spectrum('JavaScript Is Rad')          // '#cccccc'
spectrum('JavaScript Is Rad', 'rgba')  // 'rgba(204,204,204,1)'

Gotchas:

json

As github-spectrum relies on loading a JSON file with require(), webpack setups need to include the json-loader. One way is to include it in the preLoaders:

...
preLoaders: [
    {
        test: /.json$/,
        loader: 'json'
    }
]
...