Create a Github User Search Box using the Github API – APaintingForTheArtist.com – Web Design Tutorials, 3D modelling Tutorials and Graphic Design Tutorials

Are you looking to create a Github user profiles search box for your website or application? In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the process of creating a user search box using the GitHub API.

The HTML code to create the UI and search box

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <title>Github Profiles</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form class="user-form" id="form">
      <input type="text" id="search" placeholder="Search a Github User">
    </form>

    <main id="main"></main>

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/axios/0.21.0/axios.min.js" integrity="sha512-DZqqY3PiOvTP9HkjIWgjO6ouCbq+dxqWoJZ/Q+zPYNHmlnI2dQnbJ5bxAHpAMw+LXRm4D72EIRXzvcHQtE8/VQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

The JS to handle the calls to the GitHub API

Be sure to implement an API key if required.

const APIURL = 'https://api.github.com/users/'

const main = document.getElementById('main')
const form = document.getElementById('form')
const search = document.getElementById('search')

async function getUser(username) {
    try {
        const { data } = await axios(APIURL + username)

        createUserCard(data)
        getRepos(username)
    } catch(err) {
        if(err.response.status == 404) {
            createErrorCard('No profile with this username')
        }
    }
}

async function getRepos(username) {
    try {
        const { data } = await axios(APIURL + username + '/repos?sort=created')

        addReposToCard(data)
    } catch(err) {
        createErrorCard('Problem fetching repos')
    }
}

function createUserCard(user) {
    const userID = user.name || user.login
    const userBio = user.bio ? `<p>${user.bio}</p>` : ''
    const cardHTML = `
    <div class="card">
    <div>
      <img src="${user.avatar_url}" alt="${user.name}" class="avatar">
    </div>
    <div class="user-info">
      <h2>${userID}</h2>
      ${userBio}
      <ul>
        <li>${user.followers} <strong>Followers</strong></li>
        <li>${user.following} <strong>Following</strong></li>
        <li>${user.public_repos} <strong>Repos</strong></li>
      </ul>
      <div id="repos"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
    `
    main.innerHTML = cardHTML
    
}

function createErrorCard(msg) {
    const cardHTML = `
        <div class="card">
            <h1>${msg}</h1>
        </div>
    `

    main.innerHTML = cardHTML
}

function addReposToCard(repos) {
    const reposEl = document.getElementById('repos')

    repos
        .slice(0, 5)
        .forEach(repo => {
            const repoEl = document.createElement('a')
            repoEl.classList.add('repo')
            repoEl.href = repo.html_url
            repoEl.target = '_blank'
            repoEl.innerText = repo.name

            reposEl.appendChild(repoEl)
        })
}

form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()

    const user = search.value

    if(user) {
        getUser(user)

        search.value = ''
    }
})

The CSS Stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@200;400&display=swap');

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  background-color: #2a2a72;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 100vh;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0;
}

.user-form {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 700px;
}

.user-form input {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
  background-color: #4c2885;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 1rem;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(154, 160, 185, 0.05),
    0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

.user-form input::placeholder {
  color: #bbb;
}

.user-form input:focus {
  outline: none;
}

.card {
  max-width: 800px;
  background-color: #4c2885;
  border-radius: 20px;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(154, 160, 185, 0.05),
    0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  display: flex;
  padding: 3rem;
  margin: 0 1.5rem;
}

.avatar {
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 10px solid #2a2a72;
  height: 150px;
  width: 150px;
}

.user-info {
  color: #eee;
  margin-left: 2rem;
}

.user-info h2 {
  margin-top: 0;
}

.user-info ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 0;
  max-width: 400px;
}

.user-info ul li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.user-info ul li strong {
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  margin-left: 0.5rem;
}

.repo {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #212a72;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
  margin-right: 0.5rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
  display: inline-block;
}

@media (max-width: 500px) {
  .card {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .user-form {
    max-width: 400px;
  }
}

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