Express-Github-API

This a REST microservice developed using Expressjs.

Functional specs

• The API lists the languages used by the trending public Github repos.
• It calculates the total number of the repos (100 repos - repos with null language)
• For every language, it returns :
  • The number of repos using that language.
  • The list of those repos.

Technologies Used

• Nodejs : JavaScript runtime enviromment.
• Express: Node.js web application server framework.
• axios : Promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
• GitHub REST API : APIs to interact with Github and fetch public informations about it.
• Moment.js : JavaScript date library.

Available Endpoints

Verb	endpoint	description
GET	/api/repos/	Lists the trending languages in the last 30 days
GET	/api/repos/{date}	Lists the trending languages in the last 30 days from the given date

Expected response

{
  "total_count": "x",
  "result": [
     {
         "language": "languageX",
         "number of repos": "x",
         "repos ": [
             "repo1",
                 ...
             "repoN"
         ]
     },
        ...
  ]
}

Getting Started

• Clone the repo :

 git clone https://github.com/Selharem/Express-Github-API.git

• Install the dependencies :

 npm install

• Start the server :

 npm start

Now, the app is running at http://localhost:5000 !

Happy Coding

Made with ❤️ By Elharem Soufiane