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GitHub-Crud-2017.513
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/ GitHub::Crud

Name

GitHub::Crud - Create, Read, Update, Delete files on GitHub.

Synopsis

Create, Read, Update, Delete files on GitHub as described at:

https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#update-a-file

Prerequisites

sudo apt-get install curl

Example

use GitHub::Crud;

{my $g = GitHub::Crud::new();
 $g->userid     = "philiprbrenan";
 $g->repository = "horses";
 $g->gitFile    = "test4.html";
 $g->personalAccessToken = $pat;

 my $d = dateTimeStamp."\n";

 say STDERR
    "\n Write : \n\n", dump($g->writeData($d x 100)),
  "\n\n Read 1: \n\n", dump($g->readData->content),
  "\n\n Delete: \n\n", dump($g->deleteData),
  "\n\n Read 2: \n\n", dump($g->readData);
}

Creates a file by writing 100 lines of data to it, reads the file to get its attributes and contents, deletes the file, then tries to read the deleted file.

Parameters

The following parameters are available:

branch

Optional: branch name (you should create this branch manually first) or omit it for the default branch which is usually 'master'

gitFile

REQUIRED: File name on GitHub - this name can contain /

personalAccessToken

REQUIRED: a personal access token with scope "public_repo" as generated on page:

https://github.com/settings/tokens

You can delete this token on the same page to maintain the security of your GitHub account.

repository

REQUIRED: the name of your repository - you should create this repository first, manually

userid

REQUIRED: your user id on GitHub

onFail

Optional: a 𝘀𝘂𝗯 that will be called if a failure is detected, otherwise

Carp::confess

is called to display an error message

Methods available

new()

Create a new GitHub object

readData($gitHub)

Read data from a file on GitHub

   Parameter  Description
1  $gitHub    GitHub object

writeData($gitHub, $data)

Write data into a GitHub file, creating the file if it is not there already

   Parameter  Description
1  $gitHub    GitHub object
2  $data      data to be written

deleteData($gitHub)

Delete a file already on GitHub

   Parameter  Description
1  $gitHub    GitHub object

Index

"deleteData($gitHub)" "new()" "readData($gitHub)" "writeData($gitHub, $data)"

Installation

Standard Module::Build process for building and installing modules:

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

Author

philiprbrenan@gmail.com

http://www.appaapps.com

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2017 Philip R Brenan.

This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.