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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on New Star By User with GitHub API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the New Star By User trigger
1. Connect your GitHub account
2. Configure timer
3. Optional- Configure Username
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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

New Star By User on GitHub

Description:Emit new events when the specified user stars a repository. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/starring?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-repositories-starred-by-a-user)

Version:0.0.7

Key:github-new-star-by-user

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Code#

import common from "../common/common-polling.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "github-new-star-by-user",
  name: "New Star By User",
  description: "Emit new events when the specified user stars a repository. [See the documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/starring?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-repositories-starred-by-a-user)",
  version: "0.0.7",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    user: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Username",
      description: "A GitHub username to watch for new stars. Defaults to the authenticated user if not specified.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    async getUserStars(user) {
      const response = await this.github._client().request(`GET /users/${user}/starred`);
      return response.data;
    },
    async getItems() {
      const user = this.user ?? (await this.github.getAuthenticatedUser()).login;
      return this.getUserStars(user);
    },
    getItemMetadata(item) {
      return {
        summary: `New star: ${item.full_name}`,
        ts: Date.now(),
      };
    },
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
GitHub	`github`	`app`	This component uses the GitHub app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Username	`user`	`string`	A GitHub username to watch for new stars. Defaults to the authenticated user if not specified.

Authentication#

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