risk.assessr (version 3.0.1)

get_github_data: Fetch GitHub Repository Data

Description

This function retrieves metadata about a GitHub repository, including creation date, stars, forks, and the number of recent commits within the last 30 days.

Usage

get_github_data(owner, repo)

Value

A list containing: - `created_at`: Creation date of the repository. - `stars`: Number of stars. - `forks`: Number of forks. - `date`: Acquisition date (YYYY-MM-DD). - `recent_commits_count`: Number of commits in the last 30 days. - `open_issues`: Number of open issues.

Arguments

owner

A character string specifying the owner of the repository.

repo

A character string specifying the name of the repository.

A GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) will be needed for some requests or to help with the rate limit. Use Sys.setenv(GITHUB_TOKEN = "personal_access_token") or store your token in a .Renviron file. The token is passed via the `Authorization` header only if `Sys.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")` is non-empty.

Details

Repository data is fetched using the GitHub API via `curl` and `jsonlite`.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
result <- get_github_data("tidyverse", "ggplot2")
print(result)
}