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github-social-image
CLI tool that uses the GitHub API, Puppeteer and GitHub Socialify to set the social image for all of your repos automatically.
Installation
npm install -g github-social-image
Usage
Authentication details can be provided in the environment or as CLI arguments
| Field | Environment Variable | CLI option |
|---|---|---|
| API token | GITHUB_TOKEN | --pat |
| Username | GITHUB_USERNAME | --username |
| Password | GITHUB_PASSWORD | --password |
| OTP | GITHUB_OTP | --otp |
github-social-image --target "your-user-name"
Behaviour options
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| username | GitHub account username |
| password | GitHub account password |
| otp | One Time Password code, required for accounts that use 2FA |
| pat | Github API token, used to fetch a list of repos |
| target | User, Org or Team to update the social image for. Will update all repos that the authenticated pat has admin access to. To specify a team, use the format org/team-slug |
| show | Show the Puppeteer browser for debug purposes |
Image related options
| Flag | Description | Default | Possible values |
|---|---|---|---|
| theme | Theme to use | light | light, dark |
| font | Font to use | inter | inter, bitter, raleway, rokkitt, source-code-pro, koho |
| background | Background to use | plus | signal, charlie-brown, formal-invitation, plus, circuit-board, overlapping-hexagons, brick-wall, floating-cogs, diagonal-stripes |
| logo | Logo to use | Github Logo | Any URL that returns an image |
| language | Show the language icon | true | N/A |
| owner | Show the owner in addition to the repo name | true | N/A |
| stars | Show the number of stars | false | N/A |
| forks | Show the number of forks | false | N/A |
| issues | Show the number of issues | false | N/A |
| pulls | Show the number of pulls | false | N/A |
| description | Description to use | N/A | Specify as --description to use the description from the repo, or `--description "Text Here" to use a custom description |
FAQ
Why do you need an API token and my username?
This tool uses the API token for listing repos to update through the API, and the username to drive a browser and log in to your account to set the social image as this operation is not available through the API