su GitHub (downloading all repositories from a given user)

sugh.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "waiting for the following arguments: username + max-page-number"
    exit 1
else
    name=$1
fi

if [ -z "$2" ]; then 
    max=2
else
    max=$2
fi

cntx="users"
page=1

echo $name
echo $max
echo $cntx
echo $page

until (( $page -lt $max ))
do 
    curl "https://api.github.com/$cntx/$name/repos?page=$page&per_page=100" | grep -e 'clone_url*' | cut -d \" -f 4 | xargs -L1 git clone
    $page=$page+1
done

exit 0

hey if yall want to make this work for gitlab
install jq [json bash parser]
and replace curl line with:
curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/$cntx/$name/projects?page=1&per_page=100" | jq '.[]' | jq .'ssh_url_to_repo' | xargs -L1 git clone

hey if yall want to make this work for gitlab
install jq [json bash parser]
and replace curl line with:
curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/$cntx/$name/projects?page=1&per_page=100" | jq '.[]' | jq .'ssh_url_to_repo' | xargs -L1 git clone

thanks @willmac321

Should line 11 have a $ before the 2 to make it a variable?

hey if yall want to make this work for gitlab
install jq [json bash parser]
and replace curl line with:
curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/$cntx/$name/projects?page=1&per_page=100" | jq '.[]' | jq .'ssh_url_to_repo' | xargs -L1 git clone

thanks @willmac321

No Problem, happy to help!

how to make it work with private repos?

how to make it work with private repos?

You can tack on an env var with your github token to the URL: &access_token=$GITHUB_TOKEN

How to run this on Windows10?
btw i want to clone some private repos too

How to run this on Windows10?
btw i want to clone some private repos too

please have a look at the security aspects on the comments here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19576742/how-to-clone-all-repos-at-once-from-github/32833411#32833411

Should line 11 have a $ before the 2 to make it a variable?

nope, will run only for the first page (first 100 entries) if used without max-page argument

Thank you!

Only thing that tripped me up was that my terminal is authenticated with ssh, so I needed to switch clone_url for ssh_url. And also I got a syntax error on until (( $page -lt $max ) and $page=$page+1, I had to change them to until [ $page -gt $max ] and let "page=page+1". And, finally, I was cloneing the repos in my org, not my user, so I set cntx=orgs

Whole script being

#!/bin/zsh

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "waiting for the following arguments: username + max-page-number"
    exit 1
else
    name=$1
fi

if [ -z "$2" ]; then 
    max=2
else
    max=$2
fi

cntx="orgs"
page=1

echo $name
echo $max
echo $cntx
echo $page

until [ $page -gt $max ]
do 
    curl -i -u $name:$NPM_TOKEN "https://api.github.com/$cntx/$name/repos?page=$page&per_page=100" | grep -e 'ssh_url*' | cut -d \" -f 4 | xargs -L1 git clone
    let "page=page+1"
done

exit 0

I did a similar thing with gh command.
You can see it there.

"This is another solution":
page=$((page+1))