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API and CLI for getting the stars for one or more GitHub users or organizations.
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gh-stars

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API and CLI for getting the stars for one or more GitHub users or organizations.

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# gh-stars [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/gh-stars.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gh-stars) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/gh-stars.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/gh-stars) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/gh-stars.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/gh-stars) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/gh-stars.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/gh-stars)

> Get the stars for one or more GitHub users or organizations.

Follow this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), for updates on this project and others.

## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install --save gh-stars
```

## Usage

**Params**

* `names` **{String|Array}**: One or more GitHub user or organization names.
* `options` **{Options}**
* `returns` **{Promise}**

**Example**

```js
var stars = require('gh-stars');

stars(['doowb', 'jonschlinkert'], {token: 'YOUR_GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN'})
.then(function(res) {
console.log(res);
})
.catch(console.error)
```

## Options

### options.format

**Type:** `String|Function`

**Default:** API defaults to `json`, CLI defaults to `markdown`.

**Description**

The format to use for the returned report. A custom function may be defined, or optionally choose one of the available formats:

* `json` - this is the default when used by API
* `markdown` (or `md`) - returns a markdown table, this is the default when used by CLI
* `raw` - no formatting is applied

**Example**

```js
var stars = require('gh-stars');

stars(['doowb', 'jonschlinkert'], {token: 'YOUR_GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN', format: 'md'})
.then(function(res) {
// res would be formatted as markdown
console.log(res);
})
.catch(console.error)
```

### options.filter

**Type:** `Function`

**Default:** Filters out private repositories and forks by default.

**Description:** Custom function to filter out repositories from the result.

**Example**

```js
var stars = require('gh-stars');

stars(['doowb', 'jonschlinkert'], {
token: 'YOUR_GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN',
filter: function(repo) {
return repo.name !== 'foo';
}
})
.then(function(res) {
// res would be formatted as markdown
console.log(res);
})
.catch(console.error)
```

## CLI

```sh
$ stars [options]
```

* `names` - one or more comma-separated user names or orgs
* `dest` - destination path to use, default is `stars.md`

**Options**

* `--format` - the [format](#optionsformat) to use.

## Example markdown report

This is a small cross-section of stars for [@doowb's](https://github.com/doowb) repos:

```
| **Stars** | **Name** |
| --- | --- |
| 3408 | assemble |
| 1410 | handlebars-helpers |
| 364 | verb |
| 309 | micromatch |
| 5491 | TOTAL |
```

## About

### Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

* [gists](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gists): Methods for working with the GitHub Gist API. Node.js/JavaScript | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gists "Methods for working with the GitHub Gist API. Node.js/JavaScript")
* [github-base](https://www.npmjs.com/package/github-base): JavaScript wrapper that greatly simplifies working with GitHub's API. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/github-base "JavaScript wrapper that greatly simplifies working with GitHub's API.")
* [repos](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repos): List all repositories for one or more users or orgs. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repos "List all repositories for one or more users or orgs.")
* [topics](https://www.npmjs.com/package/topics): Get and update GitHub repository topics. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/topics "Get and update GitHub repository topics.")

### Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).

Please read the [contributing guide](.github/contributing.md) for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.

### Building docs

_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_

To generate the readme, run the following command:

```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```

### Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)

### License

Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

***

_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on September 12, 2017._