GITHUB PR COUNTER

A NodeJS script that fetches the number of participants in a Github pull request.

Warning: as this script uses web scraping on an undocumented page to get the required information, it may break on any Github frontend updates.

Installion of dependencies

To install dev and production dependencies, just launch the following command:

npm install

Configuration

To configure the Github PR Counter, copy the env file template with:

npm run template

Then, the following configuration environment variables should be filled:

• GITHUB_USER: owner of the repository of the PR
• GITHUB_REPOSITORY: name of the repository of the PR
• GITHUB_PR_NUMBER: number of the PR in the repository

Launching the script

To start the Github PR Counter, just launch the following command:

npm run start

Tests

Two testing suites have been configured to test the script with Mocha. Try it out with:

npm run test

See Also

• Github API documentation about pull requests
• Mocha documentation

Licensing

MIT License.

See LICENSE to see the full text.

Author Information

This script was created in 2022 by Justin Béra.