ghstats 2.0.0

GitHub Release download count and other statistics.

Description

• Python script to obtain GitHub Release download count and other statistics.

• Can be used as both a standalone script and a Python module.

Installation

You can get ghstats using one of the following methods:

• Install from PyPI: pip install ghstats.

• Save ghstats.py from the repository.

• Download a whole repository.

Usage

ghstats [user] [repo] [tag] [options]
ghstats [user/repo] [tag] [options]

• Arguments:

Argument	Description
user	Repository owner. If not present, user will be prompted for input.
repo	Repository title. If not present, user will be prompted for input.
tag	Release tag name. If not present, prints the total number of downloads.

• Options:

Option	Description
-d, --detail	Print detailed statistics for release(s).
-q, --quiet	Print only resulting numbers and errors. Overrides -d option.
-l, --latest	Get stats for the latest release. Tag argument will be ignored.
-h, --help	Show help on script usage.

• Environment Variables:

Environment Variable	Description
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub OAuth token. Use to increase API request limit.

Examples

Examples for atom/atom repository:

ghstats atom atom            # Fetch download count for all releases.
ghstats atom/atom            # Fetch download count for all releases (alt. syntax).
ghstats atom atom -q         # Quiet mode (print only numerical result).
ghstats atom atom -d         # Detailed description for every release.
ghstats atom atom -l         # Fetch download count for the latest release.
ghstats atom atom -l -d      # Detailed description for the latest release.
ghstats atom atom -l -q      # Quiet mode for the latest release.
ghstats atom atom v1.0.0     # Fetch download count for "v1.0.0" release.
ghstats atom atom v1.0.0 -d  # Detailed description for "v1.0.0" release.
ghstats atom atom v1.0.0 -q  # Quiet mode for "v1.0.0" release.
ghstats                      # Get input for username and repository from user.
ghstats -h                   # Print help.

Changelog

v2.0.0

• Add support for GitHub API pagination.

• Drop support for Python 2.

v1.2.0

• Fix error on empty release title (issue #5).

v1.1.1

• First PyPI release (issue #3).

v1.1.0

• Fix error on Unicode titles (issue #1).

• Fix error on draft release (issue #4).

v1.0.1

• Redesigned exceptions (issue #2).

v1.0.0

• Initial release.

License

MIT License

You are free to use, modify, distribute (including commercial purposes) as long as you credit the original author and include the license text.

License text: MIT License