https://github.com/amorriscode/book-box

📚 Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads from goodreads
https://github.com/amorriscode/book-box

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📚 Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads from goodreads

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/amorriscode/book-box
• Owner: amorriscode
• Created: 2020-05-26T19:32:26.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-22T19:51:22.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T16:58:06.742Z (8 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 50.8 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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📚Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads on Goodreads


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📌✨ For more pinned-gist projects like this one, check out: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists

## Setup

### Prep work

1. [Create a new public GitHub Gist](https://gist.github.com/)

2. [Create a token with the `gist` scope and copy it.](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new)

3. [Create a Goodreads account](https://www.goodreads.com/user/sign_up)

4. [Create an API for the Goodreads API](https://www.goodreads.com/api/keys)

### Project setup

1. Fork this repo

2. Go to the repo **Settings > Secrets**

3. Add the following environment variables:

  - **GIST_ID:** The ID of the gist you created above (`https://gist.github.com/amorriscode/`**`3f84910b524db4819ec2dc1063f632ab`**).

  - **GH_TOKEN:** The GitHub token generated above.

  - **GOODREADS_KEY:** The API key for your Goodreads account.

  - **GOODREADS_USER_ID:** The user ID for your Goodreads account (`https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/`**`5171404`**`-anthony`).

## Inspiration

This gist was inspired by [matchai's](https://github.com/matchai) [bird-box](https://github.com/matchai/bird-box).