doowb / github-traffic

Get the Github traffic for the specified repository

github-traffic

Get the Github traffic for the specified repository

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save github-traffic

Usage

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

API

traffic

Get the last 14 days (this is Github's limitation) of Github traffic for the specified repository. The results will contain 4 keys (one for each of the traffic endpoints specified in the api documentation). See the example results for the expanded results from the example. See the other methods below to get results for a specific endpoint.

Params

• repo {String}: Full repository to get traffic, formatted as :owner/:repo. If the repository is published to NPM, the NPM name may be used.
• options {Object}: Options containing the Github authentication information. This is required since user's must be administrators on the repository to retrieve traffic information.
• options.username {String}: Github username of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.password {String}: Github user's password of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.token {String}: Github oauth token for the repository administrator retrieving the traffic informatino. This is required if the username/password combination is not used.
• cb {Function}: Optional callback function that will be called with error information or the results. When omitted a Promise is returned.
• returns {Promise}: Promise with the traffic information when ready.

Example

var options = {
  username: 'doowb',
  password: '**********'
};

traffic('assemble/assemble', options, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
  //=> {
  //=>   referrers: [ ... ],
  //=>   paths: [ ... ],
  //=>   views: {
  //=>     count: 4043,
  //=>     uniques: 1155,
  //=>     views: [ ... ]
  //=>   },
  //=>   clones: {
  //=>     count: 47,
  //=>     uniques: 38,
  //=>     clones: [ ... ]
  //=>   }
  //=> }
});

.referrers

Get referrers for the specified repository from the Github traffic api.

Params

• repo {String}: Full repository to get traffic, formatted as :owner/:repo. If the repository is published to NPM, the NPM name may be used.
• options {Object}: Options containing the Github authentication information. This is required since user's must be administrators on the repository to retrieve traffic information.
• options.username {String}: Github username of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.password {String}: Github user's password of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.token {String}: Github oauth token for the repository administrator retrieving the traffic informatino. This is required if the username/password combination is not used.
• cb {Function}: Optional callback function that will be called with error information or the results. When omitted a Promise is returned.
• returns {Promise}: Promise with the traffic information when ready.

Example

var options = {
  username: 'doowb',
  password: '**********'
};

traffic.referrers('assemble/assemble', options, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
  //=> [
  //=>   { referrer: 'Google', count: 765, uniques: 377 },
  //=>   ...
  //=> ],
});

.paths

Get paths for the specified repository from the Github traffic api.

Params

• repo {String}: Full repository to get traffic, formatted as :owner/:repo. If the repository is published to NPM, the NPM name may be used.
• options {Object}: Options containing the Github authentication information. This is required since user's must be administrators on the repository to retrieve traffic information.
• options.username {String}: Github username of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.password {String}: Github user's password of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.token {String}: Github oauth token for the repository administrator retrieving the traffic informatino. This is required if the username/password combination is not used.
• cb {Function}: Optional callback function that will be called with error information or the results. When omitted a Promise is returned.
• returns {Promise}: Promise with the traffic information when ready.

Example

var options = {
  username: 'doowb',
  password: '**********'
};

traffic.paths('assemble/assemble', options, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
  //=> [
  //=>   {
  //=>     path: '/assemble/assemble',
  //=>     title: 'GitHub - assemble/assemble: Static site generator and rapid prototyping frame...',
  //=>     count: 1551,
  //=>     uniques: 839
  //=>   },
  //=>   ...
  //=> ],
});

.views

Get views for the specified repository from the Github traffic api.

Params

• repo {String}: Full repository to get traffic, formatted as :owner/:repo. If the repository is published to NPM, the NPM name may be used.
• options {Object}: Options containing the Github authentication information. This is required since user's must be administrators on the repository to retrieve traffic information.
• options.username {String}: Github username of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.password {String}: Github user's password of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.token {String}: Github oauth token for the repository administrator retrieving the traffic informatino. This is required if the username/password combination is not used.
• cb {Function}: Optional callback function that will be called with error information or the results. When omitted a Promise is returned.
• returns {Promise}: Promise with the traffic information when ready.

Example

var options = {
  username: 'doowb',
  password: '**********'
};

traffic.views('assemble/assemble', options, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
  //=> {
  //=>   count: 4043,
  //=>   uniques: 1155,
  //=>   views: [ ... ]
  //=> }
});

.clones

Get clones for the specified repository from the Github traffic api.

Params

• repo {String}: Full repository to get traffic, formatted as :owner/:repo. If the repository is published to NPM, the NPM name may be used.
• options {Object}: Options containing the Github authentication information. This is required since user's must be administrators on the repository to retrieve traffic information.
• options.username {String}: Github username of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.password {String}: Github user's password of the repository administrator retrieving the traffic information. This is required if an oauth token is not used.
• options.token {String}: Github oauth token for the repository administrator retrieving the traffic informatino. This is required if the username/password combination is not used.
• cb {Function}: Optional callback function that will be called with error information or the results. When omitted a Promise is returned.
• returns {Promise}: Promise with the traffic information when ready.

Example

var options = {
  username: 'doowb',
  password: '**********'
};

traffic.clones('assemble/assemble', options, function(err, results) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(results);
  //=> {
  //=>   count: 47,
  //=>   uniques: 38,
  //=>   clones: [ ... ]
  //=> }
});

About

Related projects

• get-repository-url: Get the GitHub repository URL from a NPM package name. | homepage
• github-base: JavaScript wrapper that greatly simplifies working with GitHub's API. | homepage
• parse-github-url: Parse a github URL into an object. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Please read the contributing guide for avice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.

Building docs

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

Copyright © 2016, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT license.

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