GitHub GraphQL - Get active repos

last_updated_repos.md

GitHub GraphQL - Get active repos

Get 100 repos owned by a user or org, with the most recently pushed repo first

If you have access to see the private repos of an org or user, you'll see those too.

Steps

1. Go to the GraphQL API explorer:
   • https://developer.github.com/v4/explorer/
2. Sign in as your GitHub account.
3. Paste query from query.gql.
4. Include JSON data payload in Query Variables section - see params.json. Specify the name of a user or organization.
5. Run query.

Sample output data

[
    {
        "name": "os-genesis",
        "pushedAt": "2020-06-23T21:31:05Z",
        "updatedAt": "2020-06-23T21:31:07Z",
        
        "isPrivate": false,
        "description": "Automate config and package management on a dev laptop"
    },
    {
        "name": "unicron",
        "pushedAt": "2020-06-23T11:17:30Z",
        "updatedAt": "2020-06-23T11:17:31Z",
        
        "isPrivate": false,
        "description": "A simple scheduler to ensure tasks run exactly once per day but get retried at intervals until the task passes :repeat_one: :hourglass_flowing_sand: :unicorn:",
        
    }
]

params.json

{ "login": "MichaelCurrin" }

query.gql

query lastUpdatedRepos ($login: String!) {
  repositoryOwner(login: $login) {
    repositories(first: 100, orderBy: {field: PUSHED_AT, direction: DESC}) {
      nodes {
        name        
        pushedAt
        updatedAt
        
        isPrivate
        description
      }
    }
  }
}