octocat

octocat.js

Javascript library to access the GitHub API.

• ✨ Promise based
• ✨ Support GitHub Enterprise
• ✨ Easy handling of paginated results

Installation

$ npm install octocat --save

Usage

Create an API client

const GitHub = require('octocat');
 
// Using an access token
const client = new GitHub({
    token: 'my-access-token'
});
 
// Using an username/password
const client = new GitHub({
    username: 'SamyPesse',
    password: 'my-password'
});
 
// Connecting to an enterprise version
const client = new GitHub({
    endpoint: 'https:///github.mycompany.com'
});

HTTP API access

All of these methods return promises.

client.request('GET', '/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* query/body parameters */})
 
client.get('/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* query parameters */})
client.post('/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* body parameters */})
client.patch('/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* body parameters */})
client.put('/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* body parameters */})
client.del('/repos/SamyPesse/octocat.js', { /* body parameters */})

These methods return a response object that looks like:

{
    // HTTP Status code
    statusCode: 200,
 
    // Type of status: 2XX, 3XX, 4xx
    statusType: '2XX',
 
    // Headers returned by the server
    headers: { ... },
 
    // Body of the request
    body: { ... }
}

In case of error, the response can also be accessible using as a response property.

Pagination

Some methods of Octonode return paginated results. Check on GitHub which API methods are paginated.

These methods return a Page object:

• page.list contains the list of results in the current page
• page.next() update with the results of the next page (Promised)
• page.prev() update with the results of the previous page (Promised)
• page.hasNext() and page.hasPrev()
• page.all() return all the results by recursively calling the API

Users

// Get a single user
const user = client.user('SamyPesse');
user.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Get the authenticated user
const user = client.me();
 
// Edit the authenticated user
user.edit({
    name: "New Name"
})

Repositories

// Create a new repository
client.createRepo({ ... }).then(function() { });
 
// Get public repositories (paginated)
client.repos().then(function(page) { ... });
 
// List user repositories
user.repos().then(function(page) { ... });
 
// Get a single repository
const repo = client.repo('SamyPesse/octocat.js');
repo.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Compare two commits
repo.compare('master', 'dev').then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Perform a merge
repo.merge({ base: 'master', head: 'dev' }).then(function() { ... });
 
// Delete the repository
repo.destroy()

Issues

// List issues for a repository
repo.issues().then(function(page) { ... });
 
// Create an issue in a repository
repo.createIssue({
    title: "An awesome issue"
});
 
// Get a single issue in a repository
const issue = repo.issue(200);
issue.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Edit an issue
issue.edit({
    title: "New Title"
})

Organization

// List organizations of an user
user.orgs().then(function(orgs) { ... });
 
// Check an user's membership to an organization
user.getOrgMembership('organization').then(function(membership) { ... });
 
// List an user's memberships to all of his organizations
user.getOrgsMemberships({ state: 'active' }).then(function(page) { ... });
 
// Get a single organization
const org = client.org('GitbookIO');
org.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Edit the organization
org.edit({
    name: "The new name"
})
 
// List members of the organization
org.members().then(function(page) { ... });
 
// Create a new repository
org.createRepo({ ... }).then(function() { });

Commits

// List commits for a repository
repo.commits().then(function(commits) { ... });
 
// Get a single commit
const commit = repo.commit('6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e');
commit.info().then(function(infos) { ... });

Statuses

// Create a Status
repo.createStatus('sha', { ... }).then(function() { ... });
 
// List Statuses for a specific Ref
commit.statuses().then(function(statuses) { ... });

Branches

// List branches for a repository
repo.branches().then(function(branches) { ... });
 
// Get a single branch
const branch = repo.branch('master');
branch.info().then(function(infos) { ... });

Tags

// List tags for a repository
repo.tags().then(function(tags) { ... });

Webhooks

// List hooks for a repository
repo.hooks().then(function(hooks) { ... });
 
// Get a single hook
const hook = repo.hook('1');
hook.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Edit a hook
hook.edit({
    name: "Test"
})
 
// Delete the hook
hook.destroy()

Releases

// List releases of a repository
repo.releases().then(function(assets) { ... });
 
// Get details about the release
const release = repo.release('1');
release.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Edit a release
release.edit({
    name: "Test"
})
 
// Delete the release
release.destroy()

Uploading assets

// Upload a new asset as file/stream
release.upload('./myfile.zip').then(function() { ... });
release.upload(stream, { name: "myfile.zip" }).then(function() { ... });

release.upload will also notify with progress:

release.upload('./myfile.zip')
.progress((p) => {
    /*
    { percentage: 96.61881065572815,
      transferred: 45088768,
      length: 46666656,
      remaining: 1577888,
      eta: 0,
      runtime: 11,
      delta: 196608,
      speed: 3920762.434782609 }
    */
})
.then(() => {
 
});
 

Releases Assets

// List assets of a release
release.assets().then(function(assets) { ... });
 
// Get details about the release
const asset = release.asset('1');
asset.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Download the asset to a file
asset.download('./myfile.zip').then(function() { ... });
 
// Download the asset to a stream
asset.download(stream).then(function() { ... });
 
// Delete the asset
asset.destroy()

Emails

// List email addresses
client.userEmails().then(function(emails) { ... });
 
// Add email address(es)
client.addUserEmails([ '[e-mail]' ]).then(function() { ... });
 
// Delete email address(es)
client.deleteUserEmails([ '[e-mail]' ]).then(function() { ... });

Authorization for a specific app

const app = client.application('clientId');
const token = app.token('access_token');
 
// Check an authorization
token.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Reset an authorization
token.reset().then(function() { ... });
 
// Delete an authorization
token.destroy().then(function() { ... });

Git Data

Reference

const ref = repo.gitRef('heads/master');
 
// Get a reference
ref.info().then(function(infos) { ... });
 
// Edit / Delete
ref.edit({ ... }).then(function() { ... });
ref.destroy().then(function() { ... });

Commit

const commit = repo.gitCommit('<sha>');
 
// Get a commit
commit.info().then(function(infos) { ... });

Rate Limiting

You can also check your rate limit status by calling the following.

client.limit().then(function(rate) { ... })