This repository contains an API that can be used to extract metadata from a GitHub repository and update the metadata of a GitHub repository. The API is designed to be used in the context of the FAIRsoft Evaluator. The API is used by the Metadata Extractor for FAIRsoft and the Metadata Updater for FAIRsoft applications. The API can be also used using a user access token to perform the same functions.
This API is a Node.js application that uses Express.js as the web framework. The API uses the GitHub API to extract and update metadata of a GitHub repository. The API uses the Octokit library to interact with the GitHub API.
To install the API, clone the repository and install the dependencies using npm:
npm installThis project have been successfully tested with Node.js v6.20.0.
To start the API, run the following command:
node src/index.jsThe API reference is available in the following link.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.