A script that updates GitHub user status using the GraphQL API v4 (Usage: Run once per minute)

01_github_status_update.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true

require "dotenv/load"
require "graphql/client"
require "graphql/client/http"

module GitHub
  # -1- Initialize client
  HTTP = GraphQL::Client::HTTP.new("https://api.github.com/graphql") do
    def headers(context)
      if token = context[:access_token] || ENV["GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
        { "Authorization" => "Bearer #{token}" }
      else
        fail "Missing GitHub access token"
      end
    end
  end

  Schema = GraphQL::Client.load_schema(HTTP)
  Client = GraphQL::Client.new(schema: Schema, execute: HTTP)

  def self.query(query, **params)
    response = GitHub::Client.query(query, **params)
    raise "GraphQLError: #{response.errors.inspect}" if response.errors.messages.any?
    response
  end

  # -2- Build GraphQL query
  UpdateUserStatus = GitHub::Client.parse <<~GRAPHQL
    mutation($emoji: String!, $message: String!) {
      changeUserStatus(input: { emoji: $emoji, message: $message })
    }
  GRAPHQL

  # -3- Run the query
  def self.update_user_status
    time = Time.now
    GitHub.query(GitHub::UpdateUserStatus, variables: {
      emoji: clock_emoji(time),
      message: time.strftime("%l:%M%P in :puerto_rico:")
    })
  end

  # -3.1- Helper method used to build clock emoji
  private_class_method def self.clock_emoji(time)
    # Hour in 12-hour format
    hour = time.strftime("%l").to_i
    # Minute of the hour
    minute = time.strftime("%M").to_i
    # If minute is between 15 and 45, use the emoji clocks
    # that point at minute 30. For example: 🕦 or 🕝.
    is_halfway = minute > 15 && minute < 45
    thirty_or_blank = is_halfway ? "30" : ""
    # Return the clock emoji that most resembles the current time
    ":clock#{hour}#{thirty_or_blank}:"
  end
end

# -0- Run script
GitHub.update_user_status

02_Gemfile

# frozen_string_literal: true

source "https://rubygems.org"

ruby "2.6.5"

gem "dotenv"
gem "graphql-client"

03_.env

GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN="[YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN]"

04_Procfile

github_status_update: ruby github_status_update.rb