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Github API examples & templates

Use these vals as a playground to view and fork Github API examples and templates on Val Town. Run any example below or find templates that can be used as a pre-built solution.
purpleHornet
stevekrouse
purpleHornet
Remix of: willthereader/oldBringing_My_OCD_Online
HTTP
octokitGraphQLExample
tmcw
octokitGraphQLExample
octokit/graphql This alternative driver for the GitHub API exposes it via GraphQL.
Script
codeOnValTown
pomdtr
codeOnValTown
Remix of: andreterron/codeOnValTown
Script
monitoringZSearch
tzq
monitoringZSearch
An interactive, runnable TypeScript val by tzq
Script
invoiceTemplate
pomdtr
invoiceTemplate
Remix of: pomdtr/oranda
HTTP
blog
pomdtr
blog
Val Town Blog A blog written, developed and hosted on val.town. How ? Each article on this blog is contained single val, with a #blog tag. See this example article . // #blog // title: Example Post import { article } from "https://esm.town/v/pomdtr/article"; import { extractValInfo } from "https://esm.town/v/pomdtr/extractValInfo"; import { html } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/html?v=5"; export async function examplePost(req: Request) { const { author, name } = extractValInfo(import.meta.url); return html(await article(author, name)); } Each of these post work on it's own . This val is able to: list them with the /v1/search api (with a #blog query) post with different author than the owner of this val will be filtered out only public vals will be listed render the readme of those vals using remark (with github styling) This process run each time a user visit the web endpoint , so the blog is always up to date. You can get your own instance of the blog by just forking this val .
HTTP
SignatureCheck
karfau
SignatureCheck
This val has been created to avoid certain shortcomings of @vtdocs.verifyGithubWebhookSignature . So it was created as a mix/evolution of two sources: The github docs about securing webhook Some code from the @octokit/webhhokmethods package This code is covered by tests which you can copy to run them, see @karfau.test_SignatureCheck This val does not contain any val.town specific code ( @ -imports, console.email ...), so it should be possible to run in Deno as is, potentially even in modern browsers (that support crypto and TextEncoder and modern ES syntax). Usage const myGithubWebhook = (req: Request) => { const {verify} = @karfau.SignatureCheck(); // you have to call it to get the verify function! const body = await req.text(); const signature = req.headers.get("X-Hub-Signature-256"); const verified = await verify( {payload:body, signature}, @me.secrets.myGithubWebhookSecret, // optionally provide fallback secrets (as many as needed) // @me.secrets.myGithubWebhookSecretFallback ); if (!verified) { return new Response(`Not verified`, 401); } const payload = JSON.parse(body); // actually do things in your webhook }; By default the reason for failing verification is logged to console.error , but you can pass it a different handler: const {verify} = @karfau.SignatureCheck((reason) => { throw new Error(reason); }); (be aware that it will silently fail if you don't try catch it in an endpoint and the return code will be 502) Why @vtdocs.verifyGithubWebhookSignature has the following issues: it relies on the verify method of the outdated @octokit/webhooks-methods@3.0.2 which has (at least) two bugs that can make a difference when used in a webhook it can throws errors instead of just returning false , which can be triggered by sending an invalid signature it can be lured into checking a SHA1 signature if the signature header starts with sha1= you need to pass the secret and payload as argument to the val, which makes them appear in the evaluation logs you produce ( they are only visible for the author of the val if you run them as an API , but it still feels odd to see the secret in the evaluation logs.) parameters are all of type string and the order can be confused you can not use fallback secrets for rotating
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honoExample
willthereader
honoExample
Remix of: maxm/honoExample
HTTP
blocks
vlad
blocks
Remix of: vlad/blocks_inner
HTTP
EmailNotifIfDidntCode
Davidkim
EmailNotifIfDidntCode
An interactive, runnable TypeScript val by Davidkim
Cron
intuitiveGrayPike
mercyngatia
intuitiveGrayPike
Remix of: mercyngatia/linkInBioTemplate
HTTP
Jumpchain_Website
willthereader
Jumpchain_Website
Remix of: willthereader/oldHomepage
HTTP
blog
postpostscript
blog
@postpostscript 's Val Town Blog Blog Posts: Ideas 2024-03-06 - Auth for Val Town 2024-03-09 - sqliteUniverse: Make SQLite Queries Against Multiple Endpoints in Deno (Val Town) (Part 1) 2024-03-09 - sqliteUniverse: Make SQLite Queries Against Multiple Endpoints in Deno (Val Town) (Part 2) Other Projects: 2024-02-25 - moduleHighlightValueLink: Link to a Val With a Value or Method's Code Highlighted 2024-02-28 - provideBlob: Return Response Quickly and Poll for the Expensive Parts 2024-03-02 - MyFooter: my footer component which shares random vals I've liked! 2024-03-16 - readmeManager: Edit Val Readmes With Persistent Drafts 2024-04-09 - reactiveStateBlob: wrap blob state in a proxy to autosave it on changes 2024-04-24 - lock: lock that releases when it leaves the execution context 2024-04-25 - fetchWorker: communicate with a worker over a fetch-like interface 2024-01-06 - interruptibleChain: simple interface for pausing and resuming execution chains (now at https://github.com/postpostscript/chain) 2024-01-07 - expiringBlob: create-and-forget blobs using UUIDv7
HTTP
salmonMonkey
platoff
salmonMonkey
Remix of: ianvph/posthogGitHubStarCapture
HTTP
blocks_inner
vlad
blocks_inner
Remix of: tmcw/blocks_inner
Express (deprecated)
valTownInspoList
rodrigotello
valTownInspoList
Val Town inspiration & use cases list List [as object] used in Val Town's use cases and inspiration. Check it out at in /examples/use-cases and /docs/tutorial/4
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