GitHub User Activity Tracker

Description

The GitHub User Activity Tracker is a Python-based tool designed to fetch and display the latest events for a specified GitHub user. It leverages the GitHub API to retrieve various types of user activities, such as commits, comments, and repository creations. The tool supports pagination and allows users to interactively load more events.

It is inspired from the GitHub User Activity project featured in the Backend Roadmap from roadmap.sh.

Features

• Fetch Latest Events: Retrieve the latest events for a specified GitHub user.
• Event Details: Display detailed information about different types of events.
• Interactive Pagination: Prompt the user to load more events or stop.
• Environment Variable Support: Load GitHub API tokens from a .env file for authenticated requests.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6+
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/siamonas/github-user-activity-tracker.git
   cd github-user-activity-tracker

2. Create and Activate a Virtual Environment

   python -m venv venv
   
   # On Windows:
   .\venv\Scripts\activate
   
   # On macOS and Linux:
   source venv/bin/activate

3. Install Dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set Up Environment Variables (optional)
   • Create a .env file in the project root and add your GitHub token

Usage

1. Run the application

   python github-activity username

2. Example

   python github-activity siamonas