Source File
doc.go
Belonging Package
github.com/google/go-github/v66/github
// Copyright 2013 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.//// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style// license that can be found in the LICENSE file./*Package github provides a client for using the GitHub API.Usage:import "github.com/google/go-github/v66/github" // with go modules enabled (GO111MODULE=on or outside GOPATH)import "github.com/google/go-github/github" // with go modules disabledConstruct a new GitHub client, then use the various services on the client toaccess different parts of the GitHub API. For example:client := github.NewClient(nil)// list all organizations for user "willnorris"orgs, _, err := client.Organizations.List(ctx, "willnorris", nil)Some API methods have optional parameters that can be passed. For example:client := github.NewClient(nil)// list public repositories for org "github"opt := &github.RepositoryListByOrgOptions{Type: "public"}repos, _, err := client.Repositories.ListByOrg(ctx, "github", opt)The services of a client divide the API into logical chunks and correspond tothe structure of the GitHub API documentation athttps://docs.github.com/rest .NOTE: Using the https://pkg.go.dev/context package, one can easilypass cancelation signals and deadlines to various services of the client forhandling a request. In case there is no context available, then context.Background()can be used as a starting point.For more sample code snippets, head over to the https://github.com/google/go-github/tree/master/example directory.# AuthenticationUse Client.WithAuthToken to configure your client to authenticate using an Oauth token(for example, a personal access token). This is what is needed for a majority of use casesaside from GitHub Apps.client := github.NewClient(nil).WithAuthToken("... your access token ...")Note that when using an authenticated Client, all calls made by the client willinclude the specified OAuth token. Therefore, authenticated clients shouldalmost never be shared between different users.For API methods that require HTTP Basic Authentication, use theBasicAuthTransport.GitHub Apps authentication can be provided by thehttps://github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation package.It supports both authentication as an installation, using an installation access token,and as an app, using a JWT.To authenticate as an installation:import "github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation"func main() {// Wrap the shared transport for use with the integration ID 1 authenticating with installation ID 99.itr, err := ghinstallation.NewKeyFromFile(http.DefaultTransport, 1, 99, "2016-10-19.private-key.pem")if err != nil {// Handle error.}// Use installation transport with clientclient := github.NewClient(&http.Client{Transport: itr})// Use client...}To authenticate as an app, using a JWT:import "github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation"func main() {// Wrap the shared transport for use with the application ID 1.atr, err := ghinstallation.NewAppsTransportKeyFromFile(http.DefaultTransport, 1, "2016-10-19.private-key.pem")if err != nil {// Handle error.}// Use app transport with clientclient := github.NewClient(&http.Client{Transport: atr})// Use client...}# Rate LimitingGitHub imposes a rate limit on all API clients. Unauthenticated clients arelimited to 60 requests per hour, while authenticated clients can make up to5,000 requests per hour. The Search API has a custom rate limit. Unauthenticatedclients are limited to 10 requests per minute, while authenticated clientscan make up to 30 requests per minute. To receive the higher rate limit whenmaking calls that are not issued on behalf of a user,use UnauthenticatedRateLimitedTransport.The returned Response.Rate value contains the rate limit informationfrom the most recent API call. If a recent enough response isn'tavailable, you can use RateLimits to fetch the most up-to-date ratelimit data for the client.To detect an API rate limit error, you can check if its type is *github.RateLimitError.For secondary rate limits, you can check if its type is *github.AbuseRateLimitError:repos, _, err := client.Repositories.List(ctx, "", nil)if _, ok := err.(*github.RateLimitError); ok {log.Println("hit rate limit")}if _, ok := err.(*github.AbuseRateLimitError); ok {log.Println("hit secondary rate limit")}Learn more about GitHub rate limiting athttps://docs.github.com/rest/rate-limit .# Accepted StatusSome endpoints may return a 202 Accepted status code, meaning that theinformation required is not yet ready and was scheduled to be gathered onthe GitHub side. Methods known to behave like this are documented specifyingthis behavior.To detect this condition of error, you can check if its type is*github.AcceptedError:stats, _, err := client.Repositories.ListContributorsStats(ctx, org, repo)if _, ok := err.(*github.AcceptedError); ok {log.Println("scheduled on GitHub side")}# Conditional RequestsThe GitHub API has good support for conditional requests which will helpprevent you from burning through your rate limit, as well as help speed up yourapplication. go-github does not handle conditional requests directly, but isinstead designed to work with a caching http.Transport. We recommend usinghttps://github.com/gregjones/httpcache for that.Learn more about GitHub conditional requests athttps://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#conditional-requests.# Creating and Updating ResourcesAll structs for GitHub resources use pointer values for all non-repeated fields.This allows distinguishing between unset fields and those set to a zero-value.Helper functions have been provided to easily create these pointers for string,bool, and int values. For example:// create a new private repository named "foo"repo := &github.Repository{Name: github.String("foo"),Private: github.Bool(true),}client.Repositories.Create(ctx, "", repo)Users who have worked with protocol buffers should find this pattern familiar.# PaginationAll requests for resource collections (repos, pull requests, issues, etc.)support pagination. Pagination options are described in thegithub.ListOptions struct and passed to the list methods directly or as anembedded type of a more specific list options struct (for examplegithub.PullRequestListOptions). Pages information is available via thegithub.Response struct.client := github.NewClient(nil)opt := &github.RepositoryListByOrgOptions{ListOptions: github.ListOptions{PerPage: 10},}// get all pages of resultsvar allRepos []*github.Repositoryfor {repos, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListByOrg(ctx, "github", opt)if err != nil {return err}allRepos = append(allRepos, repos...)if resp.NextPage == 0 {break}opt.Page = resp.NextPage}*/package github
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