waka-box

📊 Update a pinned gist to contain your weekly WakaTime stats

Description

• Python script
• Converts WakaTime stats to bar charts and publishes on specified gist
• Intended to run by GitHub Actions

Use on your own GitHub overview

1. Register WakaTime account at https://wakatime.com/.
2. Install WakaTime plugins into your editors following plugin install instructions.
3. Create your own waka-box repository by pushing Use this template button at waka-box top page.
   • GitHub Actions workflow automatically runs and it shows EnvNotFoundError this time.
4. Register three env variables as repository secrets.
   • WAKATIME_SECRET_API_KEY: Get your WakaTime Secret API Key from your account page.
   • GIST_ID: Create a public gist with a file named file and get the gist id. https://gist.github.com/username/[gist id]
   • GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN: Create a token from GitHub Settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens > Generate new token > Check gist and generate
   • Set them as repository secrets - Repository settings > Secrets
5. Pin the gist on your GitHub overview.
6. Open Actions tab > Open your workflow result > build > Re-run jobs
   • It is possible that it shows EmptyWakaTimeDataError because WakaTime API data can be empty for a while after registration.
7. After that, the jobs automatically run by every 12 hours.

Installation

On local

Create .env and run.

WAKATIME_SECRET_API_KEY=***
GIST_ID=***
GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=***

pipenv install
pipenv run python main.py

On GitHub Actions

Register env variables and run by GitHub Actions.

Gist

https://gist.github.com/yuu-eguci/10a7031088fb0e783dc92e721c6443c3

What I learned this time

• https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me/