GitHub Commit Status API example

commit-status.js

var https = require( "https" ),
	username = "xxx",
	password = "xxx";

function postStatus( settings, fn ) {
	var data = JSON.stringify( settings ),
		headers = {
			"Content-length": data.length
		};

	headers.Authorization = "Basic " + new Buffer( username + ":" + password ).toString( "base64" );

	var req = https.request({
		host: "api.github.com",
		port: 443,
		path: "/repos/scottgonzalez/jquery-ui/statuses/c20cef6ae83b13af93fb8c999c0be8d51a5c50fe",
		method: "POST",
		headers: headers
	}, function( res ) {
		var response = "";
		res.setEncoding( "utf8" );
		res.on( "data", function( chunk ) {
			response += chunk;
		});
		res.on( "end", function() {
			fn( JSON.parse( response ) );
		});
	});

	req.write( data );
	req.end();
}

postStatus({
	state: "pending"
}, function() {
	console.log( arguments );
});