A simple Ruby script that queries the github api for most active repos, and takes some arguments.

active_github_repos.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# A simple Ruby script that queries the github api for most active repos, and takes some arguments.
# Example => $ ./active_github_repos.rb --after 2004-01-01 --before 2014-01-31 --event tits --count 5

require "optparse"

options = {:after => nil, :before => nil, :event => nil, :count => nil}

parser = OptionParser.new do|opts|
	opts.banner = "Usage: gh_repo_stats [--after DATETIME] [--before DATETIME] [--event EVENT_NAME] [-n COUNT]"
  opts.on('-a', '--after after', 'After') do |after|
		options[:after] = after;
	end
  opts.on('-b', '--before before', 'Before') do |before|
    options[:before] = before;
  end
  opts.on('-e', '--event event', 'Event') do |event|
    options[:event] = event;
  end
  opts.on('-c', '--count count', 'Count') do |count|
    options[:count] = count;
  end
	opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Displays Help') do
		puts opts
		exit
	end
end

parser.parse!

if options[:after] == nil
	print 'Enter start date in YYYY-MM-DD format: '
    options[:after] = gets.chomp
end

if options[:before] == nil
  print 'Enter end date in YYYY-MM-DD format: '
    options[:before] = gets.chomp
end

if options[:event] == nil
	print 'Enter an event (like push or c): '
		options[:before] = gets.chomp
end

if options[:count] == nil
	print 'How many records do you want to return? '
		options[:before] = gets.chomp
end


puts `curl -G -s https://api.github.com/search/repositories      								\
      --data-urlencode 'q=created:#{options[:after]}..#{options[:before]}'      \
			--data-urlencode 'per_page=#{options[:count]}'                           	\
      --data-urlencode 'sort=stars'                           									\
      --data-urlencode 'order=desc'                           									\
      | jq '.items[] | .full_name' -r`