Github-api get commits - github

Question

Can someone explain me or give some tutorial to get all the commit details for a particular in github. I saw this and I didn't understand how to use that.

Answer 1

You can check my article about this:
http://ondrek.me/articles/how-to-parse-github-API-in-nodejs/
This is NodeJs way
(for client js change require("https") to client ajax JSON - code is very simular)
Quick sample link for repo MDOWN of user ONDREK
https://api.github.com/repos/ondrek/mdown/git/refs/heads/
How to make a request to Github API
var options = {
user : 'ondrek',
repo : 'favicon-blog',
branch : 'master'
};
function getHttpRequestJson(customPath, callback){
require('https').request({
hostname: 'api.github.com',
path: customPath,
method: 'GET'
}, function(res){
var data = '';
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
data += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function () {
callback(JSON.parse(data));
});
}).end();
}
How to get user details json from Github API
(inject previous code)
var url = '/repos/'+options.user+'/'+options.repo+'/git/refs/heads/'+options.branch;
getHttpRequestJson(url, function(userJson){
var lastCommitUrl = userJson.object.url;
getLastCommit(lastCommitUrl);
});
How to get last commit json from Github API
(inject previous code)
function getLastCommit(url){
getHttpRequestJson(url+auth, function(lastCommitJson){
var treeUrl = lastCommitJson.tree.url;
getTree(treeUrl);
});
}
How to get tree of last commit from Github API
(inject previous code)
function getTree(url){
getHttpRequestJson(url+auth, function(treeJson){
var treeArr = treeJson.tree;
getOnlyPages(treeArr);
});
}
How to get specific folder of last commit from Github API
(inject previous code)
function getOnlyPages(treeArr){
treeArr.forEach(function(ele){
if (ele.path==='blog') { getArticles(ele.url); }
});
}
function getArticles(url){
getHttpRequestJson(url+auth, function(treeJson){
var treeArr = treeJson;
parseMarkdownArticles(treeArr.tree);
});
}