useGitHub Hook

useGitHub is a custom React hook that provides an easy way to fetch and manage GitHub user data and repositories in your React applications.

Features

• Fetch GitHub user information
• Retrieve user's repositories
• Get user's pinned repositories
• Filter repositories by programming language
• Get top N repositories

Installation

npm install use-github-react axios

Usage

import { useGitHub } from 'use-github-react/dist/use-github';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { userInfo, metadata, getRepositories } = useGitHub({
    username: 'your-github-username',
    personalAccessToken: 'your-github-personal-access-token',
  });

  // Use the hook's returned data and functions
  // ...
};

API

Hook Parameters

• username: GitHub username
• personalAccessToken: GitHub personal access token (required for fetching pinned repositories)

Return Values

• userInfo: Object containing user information
• metadata: Object containing API response metadata
• getRepositories: Function to access and filter repositories

getRepositories()

Returns an object with the following methods:

• all(): Returns all repositories
• withLanguage(languages): Filters repositories by programming language(s)
• top(n): Returns top N repositories
• pinned(): Returns pinned repositories

Example

import { useGitHub } from 'use-github-react/dist/use-github';

const MyGitHubComponent = () => {
  const { userInfo, getRepositories } = useGitHub({
    username: 'octocat',
    personalAccessToken: 'your-token-here',
  });

  console.log(userInfo);
  console.log(getRepositories().all());
  console.log(getRepositories().withLanguage(['javascript', 'typescript']));
  console.log(getRepositories().top(5));
  console.log(getRepositories().pinned());

  // Render your component using the data...
};

Note

This hook requires the axios library. Make sure to install both use-github-react and axios before using the hook.

License

MIT License