Github Projects Fetcher (gp-fetcher)

• This a tool to fetch your github project details so that your time for writing an API is saved.
• Simple to use tool made in Python with bs4(Beautiful Soup)

Supports Apple Silicon Macs

Install the latest version to get full support

Link to the package: pypi.org/project/gpfetcher

Only if you want to skip the documentation then checkout this video here

Documentation

Assuming python and pip installed on your system

• Checkout resources to install python and pip if not installed

Installing the package gpfetcher

For linux and mac

pip3 install gpfetcher

For windows

pip install gpfetcher

• Then use the package in your python file as shown below

Usage

from gpfetcher import scraper

if __name__ == "__main__":
    username = "< github username here >"
    scraper.scrape(username)

• After you get the message below, check your root where your .py file is , a json file is generated that can be used in your projects

  Done! checkout your {github-username-here}-projects.json file at the root of this project directory

You are done!

go ahead and use this json to parse in your project

Sample Output

{
    "gp-fetcher": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/gp-fetcher",
        "about": "You don't want to spend a lot of time just writing a block of code for fetching your projects from github.
        So, go ahead and use this python package to make your life easier",
        "tech_stack": [
            "Python"
        ],
        "license": "MIT License",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },
    "infoScraper": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/infoScraper",
        "about": "Scraper written in Python using bs4 to scrape results from SMIT results",
        "tech_stack": [
            "Python"
        ],
        "license": "MIT License",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },
    "results-web": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/results-web",
        "about": "The web app for Results",
        "tech_stack": [
            "JavaScript"
        ],
        "license": "",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },
    "results.github.io": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/results.github.io",
        "about": "",
        "tech_stack": [
            "Python"
        ],
        "license": "",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },
    "resume": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/resume",
        "about": "",
        "tech_stack": [
            "JavaScript"
        ],
        "license": "",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },
    "DevGautam2000": {
        "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/DevGautam2000",
        "about": "Config files for my GitHub profile.",
        "tech_stack": [],
        "license": "",
        "stars": "",
        "forked_by": ""
    },

• Also fetches the forked repos separately

       "forked_by": ""
    },
    "FORKED": {
        "Making-Musical-Apps": {
            "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/Making-Musical-Apps",
            "about": "Resources for the O'Reilly book \"Making Musical Apps\"",
            "tech_stack": [
                "Pure Data"
            ],
            "license": "",
            "from": "Forked from nettoyeurny/Making-Musical-Apps",
            "stars": ""
        },
        "Simple-Guitar-Tuner": {
            "src": "https://github.com//DevGautam2000/Simple-Guitar-Tuner",
            "about": "Android app",
            "tech_stack": [
                "Java"
            ],
            "license": "",
            "from": "Forked from siemanko/Simple-Guitar-Tuner",
            "stars": ""
        }
    }
}

Author

Gautam Chandra Saha

2021 © Gautam Chandra Saha

License

MIT