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Updates are based on https://github.com/noffle/art-of-readme
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[![Travis](https://img.shields.io/travis/michael/github.svg?maxAge=60)][travis-ci]
<!-- [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/michael/github.svg?maxAge=2592000)][codecov] -->

Github.js provides a minimal higher-level wrapper around Github's API. It was concieved in the context of
[Prose][prose], a content editor for GitHub.
Github.js provides a minimal higher-level wrapper around Github's API.

## [Read the docs][docs]

## Installation
Github.js is available from `npm` or [unpkg][unpkg].

```shell
npm install github-api
```

```html
<!-- just github-api source (5.3kb) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/github-api/dist/GitHub.min.js"></script>

<!-- standalone (20.3kb) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/github-api/dist/GitHub.bundle.min.js"></script>
```

## Compatibility
Github.js is tested on Node:
* 6.x
* 5.x
* 4.x
* 0.12

## GitHub Tools

The team behind Github.js has created a whole organization, called [GitHub Tools](https://github.com/github-tools),
dedicated to GitHub and its API. In the near future this repository could be moved under the GitHub Tools organization
as well. In the meantime, we recommend you to take a look at other projects of the organization.

## Samples
## Usage

```javascript
/*
Data can be retrieved from the API either using callbacks (as in versions < 1.0)
or using a new promise-based API. For now the promise-based API just returns the
raw HTTP request promise; this might change in the next version.
or using a new promise-based API. The promise-based API returns the raw Axios
request promise.
*/
import GitHub from 'github-api';

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}
}).then(function({data}) {
// Promises!
let gistJson = data;
gist.read(function(err, gist, xhr) {
// if no error occurred then err == null

// gistJson === httpResponse.data

// xhr === httpResponse
});
let createdGist = data;
return gist.read();
}).then(function({data}) {
let retrievedGist = data;
// do interesting things
});
```

```javascript
import GitHub from 'github-api';
var GitHub = require('github-api');

// basic auth
const gh = new GitHub({
var gh = new GitHub({
username: 'FOO',
password: 'NotFoo'
/* also acceptable:
token: 'MY_OAUTH_TOKEN'
*/
});

const me = gh.getUser();
var me = gh.getUser(); // no user specified defaults to the user for whom credentials were provided
me.listNotifications(function(err, notifications) {
// do some stuff
});

const clayreimann = gh.getUser('clayreimann');
clayreimann.listStarredRepos()
.then(function({data: reposJson}) {
// do stuff with reposJson
});
var clayreimann = gh.getUser('clayreimann');
clayreimann.listStarredRepos(function(err, repos) {
// look at all the starred repos!
});
```

```javascript
var GitHub = require('github-api');
## API Documentation

// token auth
var gh = new GitHub({
token: 'MY_OAUTH_TOKEN'
});
[API documentation][docs] is hosted on github pages, and is generated from JSDoc; any contributions
should include updated JSDoc.

var yahoo = gh.getOrganization('yahoo');
yahoo.listRepos(function(err, repos) {
// look at all the repos!
})
## Installation
Github.js is available from `npm` or [unpkg][unpkg].

```shell
npm install github-api
```

```html
<!-- just github-api source (5.3kb) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/github-api/dist/GitHub.min.js"></script>

<!-- standalone (20.3kb) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/github-api/dist/GitHub.bundle.min.js"></script>
```

## Compatibility
Github.js is tested on Node:
* 6.x
* 5.x
* 4.x
* 0.12

## GitHub Tools

The team behind Github.js has created a whole organization, called [GitHub Tools](https://github.com/github-tools),
dedicated to GitHub and its API. In the near future this repository could be moved under the GitHub Tools organization
as well. In the meantime, we recommend you to take a look at other projects of the organization.

[codecov]: https://codecov.io/github/michael/github?branch=master
[docs]: http://michael.github.io/github/
[gitter]: https://gitter.im/michael/github
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