minimaxir/get-profile-data-of-repo-stargazers

This repository contains a script used to get the GitHub profile information of all the people who've Stared a given GitHub repository

3 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 2 comments · first 2015-08-17 · latest 2016-11-14

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> The code uses browser automation because creating a RegEx pattern for all weird-as-heck "company" names is hard. That doesn't explain why web scraping is used instead of using the GitHub API, which is more kosher. With the API, query all…
comment by minimaxir · 2016-11-14 · in Show HN: Git-brag shows stargazers from important companies
As someone who owns a repository with 11,529 stars ( https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings ), I notice a few problems with the logic presented. I happen to have a scraper handy for tracking stars over time, and profiling…
comment by minimaxir · 2016-06-18 · in Understanding the Factors That Impact the Popularity of GitHub Repositories