github REST API v3 Crash Course with Vanilla Javascript (No dependencies)
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API Design90%
Git hub is a social platform for developers where they can put their code, version it and collaborate. In this tutorial we will learn about the github APi, how can we use it from Javascript, we will do both public operations and private with authentication. Ill be using vanilla javascript only no libraries
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Intro
00:00 Intro
00:50 Table of contents
03:47 section1 - Search repos
04:30 Code starts
06:18 nodejs server
08:50 github api code starts
13:00 query string video
23:19 section 2 - Search issues
30:48 section 3 - Search commits
41:40 lazy fetch
42:00 section 4 - Pagination
55:10 Section 5 - Authorization
01:07:00 section 6 - Creating Issues
Introduction
Git hub is a social platform for developers where they can put their code, version it and collaborate. In this tutorial we will learn about the github APi, how can we use it from Javascript, we will do both public operations and private with authentication. Ill be using vanilla javascript only no libraries
This video is divided into 6 parts
section 1 we will learn how to do a public api search on repositories
section 2 we will learn how to search issues on a public repos
section 3 we will learn how we search commits on a public api
section 4 we will learn about pagination
section 5 we will learn about authorization by searching through private issues
section 6 we will learn how to create an issue
Source code
https://github.com/hnasr/javascript_playground/tree/master/githubtutorial
Search Repos
Filter repos #stars 5000
https://help.github.com/en/articles/searching-for-repositories
Search Issues
Issues with author
https://help.github.com/en/articles/searching-issues-and-pull-requests
https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:freecodecamp/freecodecamp author:thecodingaviator
Search Commits
Commits between two dates
https://developer.github.com/v3/search/#search-commits
Pagination
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Chapters (13)
Intro
0:50
Table of contents
3:47
section1 - Search repos
4:30
Code starts
6:18
nodejs server
8:50
github api code starts
13:00
query string video
23:19
section 2 - Search issues
30:48
section 3 - Search commits
41:40
lazy fetch
42:00
section 4 - Pagination
55:10
Section 5 - Authorization
1:07:00
section 6 - Creating Issues
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