Autolinks
A GitHub app for web scraping
About
Autolink lets you instantly share web links related to a particular topic by just using keywords.
Installation
- Go to the homepage of the app - https://github.com/apps/autolinks
- Click on the Configure button
- Add repositories or organizations to activate Autolinks
Usage
Autolinks currently works only for GitHub Issues. Extending it to PRs will be planned in future or if any developer is interested, he may work on this feature.
@Autolinks <search_query> <number_of_results>
Here,
<search_query>(str): The term you want to be googled. (Cannot be empty)<number_of_results>(int): The number of results you want for a query. (Min:1, Max:9)
Example
@Autolinks Win 7 DLL file error 5 will return first 5 search results related to the topic Win 7 DLL file error.
You can also test it live here.
Private Repositories
This app will only work for publicly hosted repositories. So if you are looking to deploy a fork or use the app for private repositories, here are the instructions.