A first foray into using Github GraphQL API with React Apollo.
View the live app here:
https://martinbagshaw.github.io/Github-GraphQL/
please note that to use the live version of the app, you must login with your Github account details. This generates a temporary personal access token. See Todo
- clone the repository
npm install- go to your github account and generate a personal access token
- create an
.env.localfile in the root, with your access token in the following format:
REACT_APP_TOKEN=your-token-here. Note that your token does not require quotes around it npm startto view the app locally at http://localhost:3000/
If Viewing on Github Pages:
- Enter your Github username and password to access the search engine, then...
- Search for a User's Details
- a) Enter a valid github Username in the text input field
- b) Press 'Submit' (with Get User's Details toggled)
- c) Press 'Show More' to view more details
- Search for a User's Repositories
- a) Toggle Get User's Repositories (with a valid username entered)
- b) Use the filter buttons to see repositories the user has authored, forked, and contributed to
- c) Press on a right arrow '>' from a repository to view more details about it
- d) Press on a left arrow '<' to go back to the list of results