Fetch Project Details Dynamically from GitHub API

[meisabhishekpatel]

Issue Title: Fetch Project Details Dynamically from GitHub API

Description:

Currently, the project information displayed on /projects is hardcoded in the HTML template. We want to dynamically fetch project information from the GitHub API to ensure the page stays updated with the latest information.

Requirements:

1. Environment Variables:

   • The project names will be provided via environment variables.
   • Example: PROJECT_NAMES="project1,project2,project3"

2. Fetch Public Repositories:

   • Use the GitHub API to fetch details of repositories from the ContriHUB organization.
   • Match the project names (from environment variables) with the names of the public repositories in ContriHUB.

3. Pull Information:

   • For each matching repository, retrieve the following details:
     1. Project Name.
     2. Maintainer: The username of the repo owner or collaborator.
     3. About: The description (about) section of the repository.

4. Dynamic Rendering:

   • Update the Django view to fetch the project data dynamically and pass it to the template.
   • Modify the HTML template to display this dynamically fetched data.

Tasks:

• [ ] Read project names from environment variables.
• [ ] Use GitHub API to fetch details of matching repositories.
• [ ] Extract relevant information: name, maintainer, and about section.
• [ ] Update the /projects page to display fetched data dynamically.

[samimshoaib01]

Can i get help on this :

[meisabhishekpatel]

@samimshoaib01 try to access http:// not https:// Also if you are using google chrome try using Firefox, also turn off upgrade secure connection option from settings

[samimshoaib01]

@meisabhishekpatel Do, I need to match the design 0f previous one or it will be new issue:

[samimshoaib01]

@meisabhishekpatel kindly respond sir

[meisabhishekpatel]

@samimshoaib01 ofcourse you need to manage the old design, you need to change in the existing code, not create a new page from scratch .

[hexwhiz]

@meisabhishekpatel whenever I open the local server using http://127.0.0.1:8000 it shows this

I tried using different browsers and disable secure connection option. But still the http changes to https in the browser. Can you help me with this?

[meisabhishekpatel]

@hexwhiz try incognito or firefox with secure connection off

[hexwhiz]

@meisabhishekpatel there are some things I want to ask.

• From the API fetch request, I get the details of all the repos. But there is no key in the fetched json that names the mentor of the repo. To get the mentor of a repo, I am using the GitHub username of the account from where the repos is forked to @contrihub. This is done by sending api requests for each AVAILABLE_PROJECT to fetch the username of the parent account. So, should I just display the usernames directly or fetch the name of the mentor with separate API request? It might exceed GitHub API limit.
• Also, there are projects that don't have a parent owner. Take this one for example. This repo is not forked from your account, so I don't get your username in my return object. How should I handle that

[meisabhishekpatel]

@hexwhiz

1. username is just fine no need to fetch the exact name.
2. there will be only one such project only in contrihub which is Contrihub-24 for that you can get name of maintainer from env only since the maintainer which change each year.

Also I would like to clarify that do always make API call each time I hit /project instead store the project information in database and new project should be added when I hit populate issues end points then only.

[hexwhiz]

@meisabhishekpatel PR submitted. And it somehow shows "Review required" with red color. Should I be worried about that?

[meisabhishekpatel]

@hexwhiz We've added protection to the repository to ensure that no pull request can be merged without proper review and approval.