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// Copyright 2013 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
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//
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// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
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// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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/*
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Package github provides a client for using the GitHub API.
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Construct a new GitHub client, then use the various services on the client to
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access different parts of the GitHub API. For example:
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client := github.NewClient(nil)
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// list all organizations for user "willnorris"
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orgs, _, err := client.Organizations.List("willnorris", nil)
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Set optional parameters for an API method by passing an Options object.
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// list recently updated repositories for org "github"
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opt := &github.RepositoryListByOrgOptions{Sort: "updated"}
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repos, _, err := client.Repositories.ListByOrg("github", opt)
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The services of a client divide the API into logical chunks and correspond to
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the structure of the GitHub API documentation at
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http://developer.github.com/v3/.
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Authentication
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The go-github library does not directly handle authentication. Instead, when
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creating a new client, pass an http.Client that can handle authentication for
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you. The easiest and recommended way to do this is using the goauth2 library,
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but you can always use any other library that provides an http.Client. If you
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have an OAuth2 access token (for example, a personal API token), you can use it
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with the goauth2 using:
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import "code.google.com/p/goauth2/oauth"
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// simple OAuth transport if you already have an access token;
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// see goauth2 library for full usage
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t := &oauth.Transport{
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Token: &oauth.Token{AccessToken: "..."},
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}
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client := github.NewClient(t.Client())
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// list all repositories for the authenticated user
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repos, _, err := client.Repositories.List("", nil)
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Note that when using an authenticated Client, all calls made by the client will
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include the specified OAuth token. Therefore, authenticated clients should
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almost never be shared between different users.
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Rate Limiting
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GitHub imposes a rate limit on all API clients. Unauthenticated clients are
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limited to 60 requests per hour, while authenticated clients can make up to
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5,000 requests per hour. To receive the higher rate limit when making calls
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that are not issued on behalf of a user, use the
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UnauthenticatedRateLimitedTransport.
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The Rate field on a client tracks the rate limit information based on the most
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recent API call. This is updated on every call, but may be out of date if it's
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been some time since the last API call and other clients have made subsequent
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requests since then. You can always call RateLimit() directly to get the most
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up-to-date rate limit data for the client.
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Learn more about GitHub rate limiting at
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http://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting.
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Creating and Updating Resources
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All structs for GitHub resources use pointer values for all non-repeated fields.
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This allows distinguishing between unset fields and those set to a zero-value.
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Helper functions have been provided to easily create these pointers for string,
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bool, and int values. For example:
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// create a new private repository named "foo"
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repo := &github.Repo{
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Name: github.String("foo"),
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Private: github.Bool(true),
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}
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client.Repositories.Create("", repo)
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Users who have worked with protocol buffers should find this pattern familiar.
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*/
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package github
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