unibot-ghFeed

GitHub user activity feed plugin for UniBot. Basically plugin just reads GitHub user public activity feed and shows that on IRC channel. These feeds are accessible via following URL:

https://github.com/[GitHubUsername].atom

Install

To your UniBot application

npm install git://github.com/UniBot/unibot-ghFeed --save

And after that register new plugin on IRC channels what you need

plugin [#channel] ghFeed

ps. remember to restart your UnitBot.

Configuration

You can configure this plugin adding ghFeed section to your UniBot config.js file. Example below with default values.

module.exports = { 
    ...
    plugins: {
        "ghFeed": {
            "messageCount": {
                "default": 1,
                "threshold": 2,
                "maximum": 5
            },
            "moment": {
                "locale": "",
                "format": "D.M.YYYY HH:mm:ss"
            },
            "messages": {
                "success": "${timeAgo} ${item.title} - ${messages} - ${shortUrl}",
                "errors": {
                    "threshold": "You did try to fetch more feed items that is allowed! Maximum feed item count is ${config.messageCount.maximum}",
                    "request": "Oh noes error with request - ${error}",
                    "feedParser": "Oh noes error with FeedParser - ${error}",
                    "noItems": "Sorry no GitHub public activity feed items for ${username} - ${url}"
                }
            }
        }
    }
};

messageCount

messageCount.default

Number of how many feed items plugin will show by default.

messageCount.threshold

Threshold value of messages, when plugin will sent result to user private chat.

messageCount.maximum

Maximum items that plugin will emit messages to user / channel. This is for flood protection.

moment

moment.locale

Used Moment.js locale for formatted timestamps in template variables; timeAgo and formattedDate. More info at Moment.js#i18n page.

moment.format

Used format string for formattedDate template variable. See possible values from Moment.js#Format page.

messages

Used message templates. With all of there templates you can use following template variables.

url         =   GitHub feed URL, like https://github.com/tarlepp.atom
nick        =   IRC nick who triggered plugin
username    =   Parsed GitHub username
config      =   Current plugin config as an object

Note that some messages can have extra variables too, those are documented under each message.

messages.success

Message that are shown after feed item(s) have been fetched and parsed for actual message. Note that this message has also following template variables that you can use.

item            =   Actual feed item object from FeedParser
formattedDate   =   Formatted date for feed item 
timeAgo         =   How long ago feed item was made
messages        =   GitHub messages from feed item (commit messages, comment titles, etc.)
shortUrl        =   Feed item link value as in "shorturl" form

messages.errors.threshold

Message that is emitted to user when he/she has requested more feed items that are allowed. Note that this message is sent to user as a private message.

messages.errors.request

Message that is emitted to user whenever HTTP request error occurs when plugin is processing GitHub feed URL. Note that this message is sent to user as a private message. Note that with this message you can also use following template variable.

error   =   Request error

messages.errors.feedParser

Message that is emitted to user whenever FeedParser error occurs when plugin is processing feed item. Note that this message is sent to user as a private message. Note that with this message you can also use following template variable.

error   =   FeedParser error

messages.errors.noItems

Message that is emitted to user when he/she has requested GitHub feeds from user that is a real GitHub user but he/she doesn't have feed items yet. Note that this message is sent to user as a private message.

Usage examples

After installation you can use following commands to use plugin:

!ghFeed             =>  Shows GitHub feeds according to your IRC nick
!ghFeed tarlepp     =>  Shows feeds for 'tarlepp' GitHub user
!ghFeed tarlepp 3   =>  Shows three (3) feeds for 'tarlepp' GitHub user

Note that default count of items is one (1) and it can be configured.

Libraries that plugin uses

• Feedparser - Robust RSS, Atom, and RDF feed parsing in Node.js
• Lo-Dash - A utility library delivering consistency, customization, performance, & extras.
• Moment.js - Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in JavaScript.
• cheerio - Fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.
• node-shorturl - shorturl is a simple, asynchronous client library for common URL shortener services.

Future plans

Add more GitHub specified actions to this plugin like;

• Repository issue/pr/author/milestone lists (latest, etc.)
• More? Do you have an idea? please make PR here!