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index.js

var request = require('request'),
    util = require('util');

function handleRequest(err, data) {
  if (err) throw new Error(err);
  if (data.statusCode == 200 || 
      data.statusCode == 304) {
    var json = JSON.parse(data.body);
    return json.map(translateReq);
  } else {
    throw new Error(data.body);
  }
}

var hasLoggedAStar = true;
function translateReq(star) {
  if (!hasLoggedAStar) {
    hasLoggedAStar = true;
    console.log(star);
  }
  var output = {  
    name: star.name,
    author: star.owner.login,
    desc: star.description,
    url: star.html_url,
    api: star.url,
    lang: star.language,
    size: star.size
  };
  console.log(output);
  return output;
}

function initializeStars(user, done) {
  var opts = {
    url: util.format('https://api.github.com/users/%s/starred', user),
    headers: {'User-Agent': 'starseer'}
  };
  request.get(opts, handleRequest);
}

initializeStars('dhigginbotham');