https://github.com/paulirish/github-email

Get a GitHub user's email. :sunglasses: Use this responsibly.
https://github.com/paulirish/github-email

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Get a GitHub user's email. :sunglasses: Use this responsibly.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/paulirish/github-email
• Owner: paulirish
• Created: 2015-05-05T22:48:48.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-08-31T16:14:38.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-18T09:17:44.765Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/github-email
• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 998
• Watchers: 24
• Forks: 111
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# github-email

Retrieve a GitHub user's email even if it's not public.

Pulls info from Github user, NPM, activity commits, owned repo commit activity.

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/39191/7485758/6992dc62-f34f-11e4-9af0-3d0f292f6139.png)

### install

```sh

npm install --global github-email

```

### use

```sh

github-email ghusername

```

# Authenication Token

If the `GH_EMAIL_TOKEN` environment variable is not set, the script will ask

the user to generate a personal access token [for authentication](https://developer.github.com/v3/auth/#basic-authentication). To do this:

1. Visit https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?description=github-email

1. Keep the checkboxes all unchecked

1. Click __Generate Token__.

1. Copy the token.

1. Run this in your shell `export GH_EMAIL_TOKEN=`

1. Also add that line to your shell configuration (e.g. .bashrc)