GitHub Tools

.env

XHUB_SECRET=your_secret
GITHUB_API_KEY=your_personal_access_token

app.js

/*jshint esversion: 6*/

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var xhub = require('express-x-hub');
var github = require('./modules/github');

var app = express();

// settings
app.use(xhub({ algorithm: 'sha1', secret: process.env.XHUB_SECRET }));
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // for parsing application/json
var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('hello world');
});

app.post('/github-hook', function(req, res) {
    res.status(200).end();
    console.log(req.body);
});

app.listen(port, function() {
    console.log(`App listening on port ${port}!`);
});

github.js

/*jshint esversion: 6*/

var github = require('octonode');

function GitHub() {};

GitHub.setCommitStatus = function(repo_name, sha, state, description, context) {
    var ghrepo = github.client(process.env.GITHUB_API_KEY).repo(repo_name);
    ghrepo.status(sha, {
        "state": state,
        "description": description,
        "context": context
    }, function(err, data, headers) {
        if (err) {
            console.log("error: " + err);
            console.log("data: " + data);
            console.log("headers:" + headers);
            return;
        }
        console.log('Commit status successfully set');
    });
};

module.exports = GitHub;

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [{
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
        "name": "Launch Program",
        "program": "${workspaceRoot}/${relativeFile}",
        "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    }]
}

package.json

{
    "name": "github-tools",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "API tools to interact with GitHub",
    "main": "app.js",
    "author": "Jan De Dobbeleer <jan.de.dobbeleer@gmail.com>",
    "license": "MIT",
    "dependencies": {
        "body-parser": "^1.17.2",
        "express": "^4.15.4",
        "express-x-hub": "^1.0.4",
        "octonode": "^0.8.0"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
        "start": "node app.js"
    }
}