Talk to the GitHub API

Description

Using OAuth and the GitHub API, allow people to log into GitHub and get a list of their repositories.

Objectives

Learning Objectives

After completing this assignment, you should understand:

• The basics of OAuth

Details

Deliverables

• A Git repo called github-api containing at least:
  • README.md file explaining how to run your project
  • a requirements.txt file
  • a suite of tests for your project

Requirements

• Passing unit tests
• No PEP8 or Pyflakes warnings or errors

Normal Mode

First, go to the applications section of your GitHub preferences and register a new application. The callback URL should be a URL you will create for logging in users via GitHub. /login/github/authorized is recommended if you don't have a preference.

Using either Flask-OAuthlib or Flask-Dance, write an application that lets a user log in via GitHub and shows all their repositories.

Hard Mode

In addition to the requirements from Normal Mode:

• Add pagination to allow seeing repositories in groups of 30.
• Add the ability to change a repo's description.