GitHub Picture Bed

A picture bed based on GitHub. Provide an HTTP file service through Pages. Upload images using the GitHub API.

Installation

npm install github-picbed

Usage

const github = require('github-picbed')({
    token: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    repository: 'https://github.com/imlinhanchao/upload-file'
})
const path = require('path');

router.post('/upload', async (req, res, next) => {
    let data = req.files[0].buffer;
    let extname = path.extname(req.files[0].originalname);
    let upload = await github.upload({ data, extname })
    res.json(upload);
})

Preparation

1. You need to create an access token in GitHub. Select only repo for the select scopes.
2. Create a repository use to upload files. And then enable GitHub Pages.

Functions

Config Upload Options

async function config({ token, repository });

Parameter Object

key	description
token	Your GitHub access token.
repository	Your repository use to upload files.

Check Initialize State

async function isInitialized();

Return Value

bool - true means finish initialize.

Upload file

async function upload({ data, extname, filename });

Parameter Object

key	description
data	The file path that you want to upload or the buffer of file.
extname	The extname of file. You must set this key if the data is buffer.
filename	The filename that you want to upload.(Options)

Return Object

key	description
filename	The filename that was eventually uploaded.
url	Access URL.

Notice

After configuring the GitHub repository address and access token, it takes about 1 second to get the information of GitHub Pages. Therefore, please do not upload immediately after configuration. You can use isInitialized to check if initialization has been completed. Or use await to wait for the configuration to complete.