config.json

{
  "github": {
		"username": "scripting",
		"repo": "instantOutlines",
		"repoPath": "",
		"password": "xxx",
		"committer": {
				"name": "Bull Mancuso",
				"email": "[email protected]"
				},
		"message": "reliability test",
		"userAgent": "testgithubasstorage"
		}
	}

package.json

{
	"name": "testgithubasstorage",
	"version": "0.4.0",
	"main": "testgithubasstorage.js",
	"dependencies" : {
		"request": "*",
		"daveutils": "*",
		"davegithub": "*"
		} 
	}

testgithubasstorage.js

const myVersion = "0.4.0", myProductName = "testgithubasstorage"; 

const fs = require ("fs");
const request = require ("request"); 
const utils = require ("daveutils");
const davegithub = require ("davegithub");

var config = {
	};

function uploadToGithub (relpath, data, type, callback) {
	const options = {
		username: config.github.username,
		repo: config.github.repo,
		repoPath: config.github.repoPath + relpath,
		password: config.github.password,
		data: data,
		type: (type === undefined) ? "text/plain" : type,
		committer: config.github.committer,
		message: config.github.message,
		userAgent: config.github.userAgent
		};
	davegithub.uploadFile (options, function (err, response, body) {
		if (err) {
			console.log ("uploadToGithub: err.message == " + err.message);
			}
		if (callback !== undefined) {
			callback (err);
			}
		});
	}
function readConfig (f, config, callback) {
	fs.readFile (f, function (err, jsontext) {
		if (err) {
			console.log ("Error reading " + f);
			}
		else {
			try {
				var jstruct = JSON.parse (jsontext);
				for (var x in jstruct) {
					config [x] = jstruct [x];
					}
				callback ();
				}
			catch (err) {
				console.log (err.message);
				}
			}
		});
	}
function httpReadUrl (url, callback) {
	request (url, function (error, response, data) {
		if (!error && (response.statusCode == 200)) {
			callback (data) 
			}
		else {
			callback (undefined);
			}
		});
	}
function everyMinute () {
	var nowtext = new Date ().toLocaleTimeString ();
	uploadToGithub ("misc/now.txt", nowtext, "text/plain", function (err) {
		setTimeout (function () { //wait ten seconds to check
			request ("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scripting/instantOutlines/main/misc/now.txt", function (err, response, data) {
				var result;
				if (data.toString () == nowtext) {
					result = "good";
					}
				else {
					result = "bad";
					}
				console.log ("everyMinute: " + nowtext + ", status == " + response.statusCode + ", " + result); 
				});
			}, 1000 * 10);
		});
	}
readConfig ("config.json", config, function () {
	console.log ("config == " + utils.jsonStringify (config));
	everyMinute ();
	utils.runEveryMinute (everyMinute);
	});