script for geneareting a flat-file database on github repositories and releases

main.go

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/google/go-github/v31/github"
	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
)

func getrepos(ctx context.Context, client *github.Client) ([]*github.Repository, error) {
	var repos []*github.Repository
	opts := &github.SearchOptions{
		Sort:  "stars",
		Order: "desc",
	}
	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
		res, resp, err := client.Search.Repositories(ctx, "stars:>0", opts)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		repos = append(repos, res.Repositories...)
		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
			break
		}
		opts.Page = resp.NextPage
	}
	return repos, nil
}

func getreleases(ctx context.Context, client *github.Client, repo *github.Repository) ([]*github.RepositoryRelease, error) {
	var releases []*github.RepositoryRelease
	opts := &github.ListOptions{}
	for {
		res, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListReleases(ctx, *repo.Owner.Login, *repo.Name, opts)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		releases = append(releases, res...)
		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
			break
		}
		opts.Page = resp.NextPage
	}
	return releases, nil
}

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
		&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "personal access token"},
	)
	tc := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
	client := github.NewClient(tc)

	repos, err := getrepos(ctx, client)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	for _, repo := range repos {
		releases, _ := getreleases(ctx, client, repo)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Println(err)
			os.Exit(1)
		}

		for _, release := range releases {
			fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", *repo.FullName, *release.TagName)
		}
	}
}