Github api get last Users that committed - github

Question

I want to get the last users exe. last 100 users that committed on github regardless of repo. I've looked around the github api but can't find the specific api call.

Answer 1

You can use Github Events API and filter PushEvent :
https://api.github.com/events?per_page=100
User(s) who have made the last 100 commits on Github
As a PushEvent may have multiple commits, you will have to sum the size for each PushEvent until you reach 100. Note that you also need to exclude PushEvent with 0 commit. You will also have to manage pagination as you can request 100 events max at once (if one request is not enough to get 100 commits).
An example using nodeJS :
var request = require("request");
const maxCommit = 100;
const accessToken = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN';
function doRequest(page){
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
request({
url: 'https://api.github.com/events?per_page=100&page=' + page,
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'Some-App',
'Authorization': 'Token ' + accessToken
}
}, function (err, response, body) {
if (!err) {
resolve(body);
} else {
reject(err);
}
});
})
}
async function getEvents() {
var commitCount = 0;
var page = 1;
var users = [];
while (commitCount < maxCommit) {
var body = await doRequest(page);
var data = JSON.parse(body);
var pushEvents = data.filter(it => it.type == 'PushEvent' && it.payload.size > 0);
commitCount += pushEvents.reduce((it1, it2) => it1 + it2.payload.size, 0);
users = users.concat(pushEvents.map(event => ({
login: event.actor.login,
commitCount: event.payload.size
})));
page++;
}
var count = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < users.length; i++) {
count += users[i].commitCount;
if (count >= maxCommit){
users = users.slice(0, i + 1);
break;
}
}
console.log(users);
}
getEvents();
Last 100 Users who have pushed commits on Github
The only things that changes is that we only check that size field is > 0 and build a map for distinct user.
An example using nodeJS :
var request = require("request");
const maxUser = 100;
const accessToken = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN';
function doRequest(page){
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
request({
url: 'https://api.github.com/events?per_page=100&page=' + page,
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'Some-App',
'Authorization': 'Token ' + accessToken
}
}, function (err, response, body) {
if (!err) {
resolve(body);
} else {
reject(err);
}
});
})
}
async function getEvents() {
var page = 1;
var users = {};
while (Object.keys(users).length < maxUser) {
var body = await doRequest(page);
var data = JSON.parse(body);
var pushEvents = data.filter(it => it.type == 'PushEvent' && it.payload.size > 0);
for (var i = 0; i < pushEvents.length; i++) {
users[pushEvents[i].actor.login] = pushEvents[i].payload.size;
if (Object.keys(users).length == maxUser) { 
break;
}
}
page++;
}
console.log(users);
}
getEvents();