Get count of Github repository stars

get_repo_stars.sh

#!/bin/bash

USER=$1
REPO=$2

if [ -z "$USER" -o -z "$REPO" ]; then
  echo '$1 : Github username,  $2: Github repository name (only public repo)'
  exit 1
fi
FILENAME=star_${USER}_${REPO}

star_cnt=`curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO | jq .stargazers_count`
page_cnt=$((($star_cnt / 100) + 1))

i=1
while [ $i -le $page_cnt ]; do
  curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/stargazers?page=$i&per_page=100" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.star+json" | jq -r '.[].starred_at' >> $FILENAME.txt
  i=$(($i + 1))
done

cat $FILENAME.txt | tr 'T' "\t" | tr -d "Z" > $FILENAME.tsv

what the f**K?
just use
https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO?page=$i&per_page=100 | grep 'stargazers_count'

curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO?page=$i&per_page=100" | jq .stargazers_count

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO | jq .stargazers_count

As function in your .bashrc:

ghstars() {
  user_repo="$@"
  curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${user_repo} | \
    grep 'stargazers_count' | \
    grep -o -P '(?<=:).*(?=,)' | \
    grep -o -P '(?<= ).*'

  # curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${user_repo} | \
  #   jq .stargazers_count
}

call it for syncthing/syncthing as example:

$ ghstars syncthing/syncthing
# as of 2021-07-24
39375

Using jq to parse JSON will save you a lot of headaches caused by using grep to parse JSON.