How to Check Github Repo Star Counts With Python
Snooping through my package list, I noticed the PyGithub library was installed. Its repo boasts "Typed interactions with the GitHub API v3". I googled the package, wanting to check in on the repos I profiled in an earlier post about static site generators.
I drafted the code below after noticing the repo.stargazer_count function in its documentation. This is neat to have if you want to keep tabs on a batch of repos, instead of tediously checking the Github web interface! If you're new to Github, the trending page is an easy way to find new, interesting repos.
Getting Started
- You'll need to create a personal access token for your Github account. See the Github docs, "Creating a personal access token".
- Install PyGithub and pandas:
pip install PyGithub pip install pandas
- Run the below code as a Python script.
python github_stars.py
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | import pandas as pd from github import Github def stars(repo, g): """Retrieve github repo star count. Accepts: str, repo "username/repo name",ex: "getpelican/pelican" Returns: int, github repo stargazers number""" repo = g.get_repo(repo) return repo.stargazers_count # static site repos: http://lofipython.com/a-brief-summary-of-promising-python-static-site-generators/ urls = [ "https://github.com/getpelican/pelican", "https://github.com/lektor/lektor", "https://github.com/eudicots/Cactus", "https://github.com/getnikola/nikola", "https://github.com/sunainapai/makesite", "https://github.com/hyde/hyde", "https://github.com/Anomareh/mynt", "https://github.com/staticjinja/staticjinja", ] repos = [url.replace("https://github.com/", "") for url in urls] g = Github("access_token") counts = [(repo, stars(repo, g)) for repo in repos] stars_df = pd.DataFrame(counts, columns=["repo","stars"]) stars_df.to_csv("Stars.csv", index=False) |
On Linux, I was able to check the results of the CSV with the cat command:
I confirmed the API was accurate against the web interface in pelican's repo!
