listing top 10 go repositories by stars

github_respositories_by_start.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
)

type Item struct {
	Name            string `json:"name"`
	Description     string `json:"description"`
	URL             string `json:"url"`
	StargazersCount int    `json:"stargazers_count"`
}

type JSONData struct {
	Items []Item
}

func main() {

	response, err := http.Get("https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=stars:>=1000+language:go&page=1&per_page=10&sort=stars&order=desc")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	} else {
		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
		response.Body.Close()
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
		toJSON(string(body))
	}
}

func toJSON(str string) {

	data := JSONData{}
	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln("Cannot unmarshal json blob", err.Error())
	}
	messageJSON, _ := json.Marshal(data)
	err = ioutil.WriteFile("files.json", messageJSON, 0644)

}