Search for a substring in a Github Repo. Generated by ChatGPT-4.

github-search-substring-in-repo.js

const searchSubstringInRepo = async (owner, repo, substring) => {
    const repoApiUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/git/trees/master?recursive=1`;
    const headers = {
        'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
        'Authorization': 'token YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'
    };

    try {
        const response = await fetch(repoApiUrl, { headers });
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }

        const json = await response.json();
        const files = json.tree.filter(item => item.type === 'blob');

        for (const file of files) {
            const fileContentResponse = await fetch(file.url, { headers });

            if (!fileContentResponse.ok) {
                throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${fileContentResponse.status}`);
            }

            const fileContentJson = await fileContentResponse.json();
            const fileContent = atob(fileContentJson.content);

            if (fileContent.includes(substring)) {
                console.log(`Substring found in file: ${file.path}`);
            }
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
};

searchSubstringInRepo('OWNER', 'REPO', 'SUBSTRING');