githubinformer ^v0.1.1

• Fetch all public repositories for a specified GitHub user
• Access individual repository data by name
• Get total repository count for a user
• Retrieve complete repository dataset as a dictionary
• Handles API errors gracefully
• Supports up to 100 repositories per request

Prerequisites: Python 3.x, Internet connection

git clone https://github.com/aixandrolab/githubinformer.git
cd githubinformer

Structure:

githubinformer/
├── githubinformer/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── github_informer.py
└── app.py

Basic Usage:

from githubinformer.github_informer import GitHubInformer

# Create an informer instance for a GitHub user
informer = GitHubInformer("aixandrolab")

# Get all repositories data
repos_data = informer.get_github_repos_data()

# Get repository count
count = informer.get_repositories_count()
print(f"Total repositories: {count}")

# Get specific repository data
repo = informer.get_repo_data("Hello-World")
print(repo)

Command Line Interface:

python app.py
GitHub Name: aixandrolab

Class: GitHubInformer

Constructor: __init__(user) — Creates a new informer instance for the specified GitHub username

Methods:

• get_github_data(url) — Class method that fetches and parses JSON data from a given URL
• get_repo_data(name) — Returns data for a specific repository by name
• get_github_repos_data() — Returns all repositories data as a dictionary
• get_repositories_count() — Returns the total number of repositories

Properties:

• github_repos_api_url — Returns the GitHub API URL used for fetching repository data

The method get_repo_data(name) returns a dictionary containing all repository information from GitHub's API, including:

• Repository name and description
• Creation and update dates
• Star count, fork count, watchers
• Language information
• URL links (clone, HTML, API)
• And other metadata provided by GitHub

• The get_github_data method includes exception handling that will print any errors that occur during API requests
• Returns an empty list if the request fails

• Fetches maximum of 100 repositories per user (GitHub API pagination not implemented)
• Requires internet connection
• No authentication support (public data only)
• Rate limited by GitHub API (60 unauthenticated requests per hour)

By using this software, you agree to the full disclaimer terms.

Software provided "AS IS" without warranty. You assume all risks.

Full legal disclaimer: See DISCLAIMER.md

License: BSD 3-Clause License