Iterate Through a Github Org and Download Each Repo ( Assuming has private repo access )

faraday.js

/*

IMPORTANT: 
  You must have a .env file in the same directory as this script
  that contains your personal access token. 
  Get one here: https://github.com/settings/tokens

  In the .env , put your access token like so:

  GH_TOKEN='ACCESS_TOKEN'

  No quotation marks.
  
*/

require('dotenv').config()


const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
const { exec } = require("child_process");
const util = require('util');

const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GH_TOKEN });

// Asynchronous version of exec. This way, we don't download the repos one by one.
// Multiple child processes are spawned.
const execa = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);

repo_list = [];

// If running this script, clean up the org_repos if it exists.
exec("rm -rf org_repos", (error, stdout, stderr) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
    return;
  }
  if (stderr) {
    console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
    return;
  }
  console.log(`${stdout}`);
});

async function back_dat_up() {

  // Use pagination because we'll need two calls.
  // Each call can have max 100 results.
  // We have 113 repos.
  const response = await
    octokit
      .paginate(
        "GET /orgs/{org}/repos",
        { org: "longtailfinancial", per_page: 30 },
        (response) => response.data.map((repo) => repo.full_name)
      )
      .then((repo_names) => {
        return repo_names
      });

  return response
}


back_dat_up().then(call_result => {

  console.log("Repo count: " + call_result.length);
  repo_list = call_result;
  console.log(repo_list);

  // For this to be automated, you must be have a registered SSH key to your Github.
  // Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter your Username and Password over a hundred times.
  for (const repo of repo_list) {
    execa('mkdir -p org_repos');
    command_string = `cd org_repos && git clone [email protected]:${repo}.git`;
    console.log(`Cloning: ${repo}`);
    execa(command_string);
  }

});

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