The GitHub API — Lightning introduction

A lightning introduction to the GitHub API for the Hamburg Hackathon, June 2014.

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1. The GitHub API ⚡️
   

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2. Ivan Žužak
   @izuzak
   Helpers
   Mike Adolphs
   @fooforge
   James Dennes
   @jdennes
   

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3. What can you build?
   

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4. Do something creative
   with Contributions
   

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5. Build a Dashboard
   

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6. Integrate with something
   using Webhooks ⚓️
   

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7. Docs
   

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8. Octokit
   

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9. Third-party Libraries
   

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10. Debugging ✨
    curl -v or it didn’t happen
    

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11. Rate Limits
    › curl -I https://api.github.com/users/defunkt/repos
    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Server: GitHub.com
    X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
    X-RateLimit-Remaining: 59
    X-RateLimit-Reset: 1401815393
    Unauthenticated: 60 requests per hour
    Authenticated: 5,000 requests per hour
    

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12. Pagination
    › curl -I https://api.github.com/users/defunkt/repos
    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Server: GitHub.com
    Link:
    ; rel=“next",
    ; rel="last"
    Don’t get trolled by pagination
    

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13. Thanks!
    

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