github-dependents-info 0.7.0

Collect information about dependencies between a github repo and other repositories. Results available in JSON, markdown and badges.

github-dependents-info

Collect information about dependencies between a github repo and other repositories.

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🚀 Features

GitHub API does not allow to collect information about package usage (Used by on home, Dependents in insights section)

This package uses GitHub HTML to collect dependents information and can:

• Output as text
• Output as json (including shields.io markdown badges)
• Generate summary markdown file
• Update existing markdown by inserting Used by badge within tags
  • <!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-start --><!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-end -->
• Handle multiple repositories packages
• Filter results using minimum stars

Badges example

JSON output

{
    "all_public_dependent_repos": [
        {
            "name": "CIT-SeniorDesign/CIT-SeniorDesign.github.io",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "Moaz-Adel/Jobsity-Challenge",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "Moaz-Adel/automation-exercise-cypress",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "RecuencoJones/vscode-groovy-lint-issue",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "aboe026/data-structures",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "aboe026/shields.io-badge-results",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "aboe026/software-update-checker",
            "stars": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "katalon-labs/katalon-recorder-extension",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "mashafrancis/sa-jenkins",
            "stars": 0
        },
        {
            "name": "nvuillam/vscode-groovy-lint",
            "stars": 52
        },
        {
            "name": "run2cmd/dotfiles",
            "stars": 2
        }
    ],
    "packages": [
        {
            "id": null,
            "name": "nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint",
            "url": "https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents",
            "public_dependent_stars": 56,
            "public_dependents": [
                {
                    "name": "CIT-SeniorDesign/CIT-SeniorDesign.github.io",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "Moaz-Adel/Jobsity-Challenge",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "Moaz-Adel/automation-exercise-cypress",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "RecuencoJones/vscode-groovy-lint-issue",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "aboe026/data-structures",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "aboe026/shields.io-badge-results",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "aboe026/software-update-checker",
                    "stars": 2
                },
                {
                    "name": "katalon-labs/katalon-recorder-extension",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "mashafrancis/sa-jenkins",
                    "stars": 0
                },
                {
                    "name": "nvuillam/vscode-groovy-lint",
                    "stars": 52
                },
                {
                    "name": "run2cmd/dotfiles",
                    "stars": 2
                }
            ],
            "public_dependents_number": 11,
            "private_dependents_number": 4,
            "total_dependents_number": 15,
            "badges": {
                "total": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=15&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
                "public": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(public)&message=11&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
                "private": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(private)&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
                "stars": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(stars)&message=56&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)"
            }
        }
    ],
    "total_dependents_number": 15,
    "public_dependents_number": 11,
    "private_dependents_number": 4,
    "public_dependents_stars": 56,
    "badges": {
        "total": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=15&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
        "public": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(public)&message=11&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
        "private": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(private)&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)",
        "stars": "[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(stars)&message=56&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)"
    }
}

Markdown output for single package

# Dependents stats for nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint

## Package nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint

[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=15&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)
[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(public)&message=11&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)
[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(private)&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)
[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by%20(stars)&message=56&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint/network/dependents)

| Repository                                                                                                    | Stars |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------:|
| [CIT-SeniorDesign/CIT-SeniorDesign.github.io](https://github.com/CIT-SeniorDesign/CIT-SeniorDesign.github.io) |     0 |
| [Moaz-Adel/Jobsity-Challenge](https://github.com/Moaz-Adel/Jobsity-Challenge)                                 |     0 |
| [Moaz-Adel/automation-exercise-cypress](https://github.com/Moaz-Adel/automation-exercise-cypress)             |     0 |
| [RecuencoJones/vscode-groovy-lint-issue](https://github.com/RecuencoJones/vscode-groovy-lint-issue)           |     0 |
| [aboe026/data-structures](https://github.com/aboe026/data-structures)                                         |     0 |
| [aboe026/shields.io-badge-results](https://github.com/aboe026/shields.io-badge-results)                       |     0 |
| [aboe026/software-update-checker](https://github.com/aboe026/software-update-checker)                         |     2 |
| [katalon-labs/katalon-recorder-extension](https://github.com/katalon-labs/katalon-recorder-extension)         |     0 |
| [mashafrancis/sa-jenkins](https://github.com/mashafrancis/sa-jenkins)                                         |     0 |
| [nvuillam/vscode-groovy-lint](https://github.com/nvuillam/vscode-groovy-lint)                                 |    52 |
| [run2cmd/dotfiles](https://github.com/run2cmd/dotfiles)                                                       |     2 |

_Generated by [github-dependents-info](https://github.com/nvuillam/github-dependents-info)_

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⚙️ Installation

pip install -U github-dependents-info

or install with Poetry

poetry add github-dependents-info

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🛠️ Usage

    github-dependents-info [OPTIONS]

Parameter	Type	Description
--repo	String	Repository. Example: oxsecurity/megalinter
-b --badgemarkdownfile	String	(optional) Path to markdown file where to insert/update Used by badge (must contain tags <!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-start --><!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-end -->)
-s --sort	String	(optional) Sort order: name (default) or stars
-x --minstars	String	(optional) If set, filters repositories to keep only those with more than X stars
-m --markdownfile	String	(optional) Output markdown file file
-p --mergepackages	String	(optional) In case of multiple packages, merge their stats in a single one in markdown and json output
-j --json	String	(optional) Output in json format
-v --version	Boolean	(optional) Displays version of github-dependents-info
--verbose	Boolean	(optional) Verbose output

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🧪 Examples

• Text output

  github-dependents-info --repo nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint
  

• JSON output

  github-dependents-info --repo nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint --json
  

• Insert/Update Used by markdown badge within an existing markdown file containing tags <!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-start --><!-- gh-dependents-info-used-by-end -->

  github-dependents-info --repo nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint --badgemarkdownfile ./README.md
  

• Build markdown file with dependent repos (single package), sorted by name

  github-dependents-info --repo nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint --markdownfile ./docs/package-usage.md --verbose
  

• Build markdown file with dependent repos (single package), with minimum 10 stars

  github-dependents-info --repo nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint --markdownfile ./docs/package-usage.md --minstars 10 --verbose
  

• Build markdown file with dependent repos (multiple package), sorted by stars

  github-dependents-info --repo oxsecurity/megalinter --markdownfile ./docs/package-usage.md --sort stars --verbose
  

• Build markdown file with dependent repos (multiple package), with merged list of packages in output markdown

  github-dependents-info --repo oxsecurity/megalinter --markdownfile ./docs/package-usage.md --sort stars --mergepackages --verbose
  

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🛡 License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.

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Credits

This package has been inspired by stackexchange post How to use GitHub API to get a repository's dependents information in GitHub?

• Bertrand Martel
• muvaf
• Mo Ganji

This project was generated with python-package-template