Using Octokit

Resource

Adding a file to a repo

npm install @octokit/rest
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Usage

const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
const octokit = new Octokit();

// Compare: https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#list-organization-repositories
octokit.repos
  .listForOrg({
    org: 'octokit',
    type: 'public',
  })
  .then(({ data }) => {
    // handle data
  });
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Adding a file to a repo using Octokit

const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
const { Base64 } = require('js-base64');
const fs = require('fs');

if (process.env.MODE !== 'production') {
  require('dotenv').config();
}

const octokit = new Octokit({
  auth: process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN,
});

const content = fs.readFileSync('file/to/path', 'utf-8');
const fileOutput = Base64.encode(content);

const { data } = await octokit.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
  owner: 'okeeffed',
  repo: 'octokit-create-file-example',
  path: 'OUTPUT.md',
  message: 'feat: Added OUTPUT.md programatically',
  content: contentEncoded,
  committer: {
    name: `Octokit Bot`,
    email: 'hello@dennisokeeffe.com',
  },
  author: {
    name: 'Octokit Bot',
    email: 'hello@dennisokeeffe.com',
  },
});
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