knopmickael / github-following-app

Functional scripts for following users with the GitHub API

github-following-app

Functional scripts for following users with the GitHub API

In order to use this scripts, you need to have Node.JS runtime and some JavaScript package manager installed on your system

Once you have them, clone this repository to your preferred location by running the following commands:

cd c:/projects

git clone https://github.com/knopmickael/github-following-app.git

cd github-following-app

To make it work, you'll need to install the dependencies and also set envinroment variables:

npm install

Then, create a .env file and write on it your GitHub PERSONAL-ACCESS-TOKEN:

echo PAT=here-goes-your-token > .env

To make sure the file has been created:

cat .env

If everything goes well, it will output your token

Docs

- followFollowers

This script fetches all the followers of a specific GitHub user and starts following them one by one. It can take a GitHub username as an argument, or it will use the authenticated user if none is provided

- unfollowWhoDoesNotFollowsMe

This script unfollows every GitHub user who is not following you (the authenticated user)

- purgeFollowing

This script unfollows every GitHub user who the authenticated user is actually following

To use any of the scripts, simply run the following command in your terminal:

node scriptName.mjs