GitHub Battle

GitHub Battle Clone with Vue.js and GraphQL

Screenshot(s)

Popular Repos

Features

Battle

• Enter in two Github usernames, and it'll declare a winner.
• Validate each username entered with the GitHub API to make sure they exist.
• user score = (3 * nb_followers) + nb_stars_for_his_repos
• show each user's info
  • avatar
  • username
  • full name
  • location
  • followers count
  • following count
  • public repos count
  • blog url

Popular Repos

• View a list of popular repos.
  • filter by language(s)
    • all languages
    • or type a language (JavaScript, Java, Python, etc.)
  • sort results by stars in descending order
  • show each repo's info
    • name
    • link to the repo
    • owner
      • name
      • avatar
    • star count

Why do we need a Backend/Web Server?

In order to protect the GitHub API key(s) in the production environment, the API calls are done with the help of a backend/web server. Unlike in the frontend, we can hide the API token(s) in the backend.

Frontend Setup

npm install

Compiles and hot-reloads for development

npm run serve

Deployment

Create your project in the Firebase console.

Install the Firebase CLI

npm install -g firebase-tools

Login to Firebase.

firebase login

Build the app for production

npm run build

Initialize Firebase Project

firebase init

Deploy the app

firebase deploy

Backend Setup

• Create an Express Project on Glitch
  • Example Project
• Add your GitHub API Token in the .env file.
• Add these dependencies in the package.json file:
  • cors
  • body-parser
  • axios
• Create a new route to serve as an intermediate between the frontend and the GitHub API, as shown below.

Backend API Route Example Code

app.post("/api", async (req, res) => {
  let config = {
    "headers": { "Authorization": `Token ${process.env.GITHUB_API_TOKEN}` }
  };
  let response = await axios.post("https://api.github.com/graphql", { "query": req.body.query }, config);
  res.json(response.data);
});

Customize configuration

See Configuration Reference.

Reference

React Fundamentals