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Posted by Ladna Meke
Ladna Meke
5,752 Points

Github API: How to use Image thumbnails for repos

Hello, I am making a simple JSON call to github repos api to display user repos, and providing them in a list; basic stuff.

However,I want to have a clickable image placeholder that redirects to the project homepage. Problem is, I couldn't find any property in the returned JSON that can enable me reference an image for a particular project.

Just out of curiosity, can I set thumbnails on my own github projects? Maybe having an image in any project, and hoping I can access the image URL from the returned JSON.

If any of the above can be done in either of jQuery/Angular, I would appreciate even more.

Thanks

3 Answers

Kevin Lozandier
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Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 Points
Kevin Lozandier
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 Points

Hi,

Github does in fact allow you to tap into an API to do what you're describing to an extent; the attributes that can be retrieved can be found here.

Setting thumbnails for a particular project doesn't seem to be available; from my experience with the API, I don't recall Github allowing you to associate a particular image to a specific repo. That said, I may be wrong.

Anyhow, like any properly thought-out API for a popular site, do note there's usage restrictions for how long and how much requests can be made from their API per day.

Ladna Meke
Ladna Meke
5,752 Points
Ladna Meke
Ladna Meke
5,752 Points

Thanks Kevin, it's not a development project. It's just one for the books; so I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna pass the API call limit

Kevin Lozandier
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Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 Points
Kevin Lozandier
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 Points

Hi, Ladna:

Didn't realize you meant Gitbook.io.

I haven't seen much documentation of Gitbook's API; however I did come across a NodeJS package from the Gitbook.io's github account that seemingly would allow you to get a hold of some of the data you're looking for: https://github.com/GitbookIO/api-client