go7hic / waka-readme

Wakatime Weekly Metrics on your Profile Readme. For reference go to my personal profile

Dev Metrics in Readme

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WakaTime Weekly Metrics on your Profile Readme:

Prep Work

1. You need to update the markdown file(.md) with 2 comments. You can refer here for updating it.
2. You'll need a Wakatime API Key. You can get that from your Wakatime Account Settings
   • You can refer here,if you're new to Wakatime
3. Optional You'll need a GitHub API Token with repo scope from here if you're running the action not in your Profile Repository
   • You can use this example to work it out
4. You need to save the Wakatime API Key (and the GitHub API Token, if you need it) in the repository secrets. You can find that in the Settings of your Repository.Be sure to save those as the following.
   • Wakatime-api-key as WAKATIME_API_KEY = <your wakatime API Key>and
   • The GitHub Access Token as GH_TOKEN=<your github access token>
5. You can follow either of the Two Examples according to your needs to get started with.

I strongly suggest you to run the Action in your Profile Repo since you won't be needing a GitHub Access Token

This Action will run everyday at 00.00 UTC

Update your Readme

Add a comment to your README.md like this:

<!--START_SECTION:waka-->
<!--END_SECTION:waka-->

These lines will be our entry-points for the dev metrics.

New to WakaTime

WakaTime gives you an idea of the time you really spent on coding. This helps you boost your productivity and competitive edge.

• Head over to https://wakatime.com and create an account.
• Get your WakaTime API Key from your Account Settings in WakaTime.
• Install the WakaTime plugin in your favourite editor / IDE.
• Paste in your API key to start the analysis.

Profile Repository

If you're executing the workflow on your Profile Repository (<username>/<username>)

You wouldn't need an GitHub Access Token since GitHub Actions already makes one for you.

Here is a sample workflow file for you to get started:

name: Waka Readme

on:
  schedule:
    # Runs at 12am UTC
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'

jobs:
  update-readme:
    name: Update this repo's README
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: athul/waka-readme@master
        with:
          WAKATIME_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.WAKATIME_API_KEY }}

Other Repository (not Profile)

If you're executing the workflow on another repo other than <username>/<username>

You'll need to get a GitHub Access Token with a repo scope and save it in the Repo Secrets GH_TOKEN = <Your GitHub Access Token>

Here is Sample Worflow File for running it:

name: Waka Readme

on:
  schedule:
    # Runs at 12am UTC
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'

jobs:
  update-readme:
    name: Update Readme with Metrics
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: athul/waka-readme@master
        with:
          WAKATIME_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.WAKATIME_API_KEY }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
          USERNAME: <username> # optional, it will automatically use the username of the owner of the repository who's executing the workflow.