github-create-issue

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Creategithub-create-issue an issue on a GitHub repository.

Installation

$ npm install github-create-issue

Usage

var createIssue = require( 'github-create-issue' );

createIssue( slug, title, options, clbk )

Createsgithub-create-issue an issue on a GitHub repository.

var opts = {
    'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!'
};

createIssue( 'kgryte/test-repo1', 'Big bug.', opts, clbk );

function clbk( error, issue, info ) {
    // Check for rate limit information...
    if ( info ) {
        console.error( 'Limit: %d', info.limit );
        console.error( 'Remaining: %d', info.remaining );
        console.error( 'Reset: %s', (new Date( info.reset*1000 )).toISOString() );
    }
    if ( error ) {
        throw new Error( error.message );
    }
    console.log( JSON.stringify( issue ) );
    // returns <issue_data>
}

The function accepts the following options:

• token: GitHub access tokengithub-token (required).
• useragent: user agentgithub-user-agent string.
• body: issue content.
• assignees: GitHub usernames of assigned users.
• milestone: associated milestone number.
• labels: array of associated labels.

To authenticategithub-oauth2 with GitHub, set the tokengithub-token option.

var opts = {
    'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!'
};

createIssue( 'kgryte/test-repo1', 'Big bug.', opts, clbk );

To specify a user agentgithub-user-agent, set the useragent option.

var opts = {
    'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!',
    'useragent': 'hello-github!'
};

createIssue( 'kgryte/test-repo1', 'Big bug.', opts, clbk );

Notes

• Rate limitgithub-rate-limit information includes the following:

-   __limit__: maximum number of requests a consumer is permitted to make per hour.
-   __remaining__: number of remaining requests.
-   __reset__: time at which the current [rate limit][github-rate-limit] window resets in [UTC seconds][unix-time].

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Examples

var opts = {
    'token': 'tkjorjk34ek3nj4!',
    'useragent': 'beep-boop-bop',
    'body': 'Beep boop.'
};

createIssue( 'kgryte/test-repo1', 'Big bug.', opts, clbk );

function clbk( error, issue, info ) {
    if ( info ) {
        console.error( info );
    }
    if ( error ) {
        throw new Error( error.message );
    }
    console.log( issue );
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

Note: in order to run the example, you will need to obtain an access tokengithub-token with appropriate permissions and modify the token option accordingly.

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CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g github-create-issue

Usage

Usage: ghcreateissue [options] slug

Options:

  -h,  --help                      Print this message.
  -V,  --version                   Print the package version.
       --token token               GitHub access token.
  -ua, --useragent ua              User agent.
       --title title               Issue title.
       --body content              Issue content.
       --assignees user1,user2,... GitHub usernames of assigned users.
       --milestone number          Associated milestone number.
       --labels label1,label2,...  Issue labels.

Notes

• In addition to the tokengithub-token option, the tokengithub-token may also be specified by a GITHUB_TOKENgithub-token environment variable. The command-line option always takes precedence.
• Issue information is written to stdout.
• Rate limitgithub-rate-limit information is written to stderr.

Examples

Setting the access tokengithub-token using the command-line option:

$ DEBUG=* ghcreateissue beep/boop --title 'Big bug.' --token <token>
# => '{...}'

Setting the access tokengithub-token using an environment variable:

$ DEBUG=* GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> ghcreateissue beep/boop --title 'Big bug.'
# => '{...}'

For local installations, modify the command to point to the local installation directory; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* ./node_modules/.bin/ghcreateissue beep/boop --title 'Big bug.' --token <token>
# => '{...}'

Or, if you have cloned this repository and run npm install, modify the command to point to the executable; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* node ./bin/cli beep/boop --title 'Big bug.' --token <token>
# => '{...}'

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Tests

Unit

This repository uses tapetape for unit tests. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbulistanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

Browser Support

This repository uses Testlingtestling for browser testing. To run the tests in a (headless) local web browser, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-browsers

To view the tests in a local web browser,

$ make view-browser-tests

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License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016. Athan Reines.