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GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday #148

GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday

GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday #148

Workflow file for this run

name: GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday
on:
schedule:
- cron: "0 0 * * *" # Run daily at midnight UTC
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
fetch-depth: 0
- name: gh login
run: echo "${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}" | gh auth login --with-token
- name: parse latest clone count
run: |
curl --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/traffic/clones \
> clone.json
- name: create gist and download previous count
id: set_id
run: |
# Check if GIST_ID secret exists and is not empty
if [ -n "${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}" ]; then
echo "GIST_ID found: ${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}"
echo "GIST=${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
curl -f https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}/raw/clone.json > clone_before.json 2>/dev/null || cp clone.json clone_before.json
if cat clone_before.json | grep '404: Not Found' 2>/dev/null; then
echo "GIST_ID not valid anymore. Creating another gist..."
gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
echo "New GIST_ID: $gist_id"
echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
echo "GIST=$gist_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
cp clone.json clone_before.json
git rm --ignore-unmatch CLONE.md
fi
else
echo "GIST_ID not found. Creating a gist..."
gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
echo "Created GIST_ID: $gist_id"
echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
echo "GIST=$gist_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
cp clone.json clone_before.json
fi
# Ensure clone_before.json has valid content for the Python script
if [ ! -s clone_before.json ] || ! jq empty clone_before.json 2>/dev/null; then
echo "clone_before.json is empty or invalid, using current clone.json"
cp clone.json clone_before.json
fi
- name: update clone.json
run: |
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MShawon/github-clone-count-badge/master/main.py > main.py
python3 main.py
- name: Update gist with latest count
run: |
content=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/\"/\\"/g' -e 's/\r//g' "clone.json" | sed -E ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r{0,1}\n/\\n/g')
echo '{"description": "${{ github.repository }} clone statistics", "files": {"clone.json": {"content": "'"$content"'"}}}' > post_clone.json
curl -s -X PATCH \
--user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d @post_clone.json https://api.github.com/gists/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }} > /dev/null 2>&1
- name: Update README with clone badge
run: |
GIST_ID="${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }}"
echo "GIST_ID: $GIST_ID"
# Only update if we have a valid GIST_ID
if [ -n "$GIST_ID" ]; then
shields="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=success&label=Clone&query=count&url="
url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${GIST_ID}/raw/clone.json"
repo="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
badge="[![GitHub Clones](${shields}${url}&logo=github)](${repo})"
echo "Generated badge: $badge"
# Check if badge already exists in README
if ! grep -q "GitHub Clones" README.md; then
echo "Badge not found in README, adding it..."
# Escape special characters for sed (especially & which means "matched pattern")
escaped_badge=$(echo "$badge" | sed 's/[&/\]/\\&/g')
# Replace the comment placeholder with the actual badge
sed -i 's|<!-- Clone badge will be auto-generated after first workflow run -->|'"$escaped_badge"'|g' README.md
echo "README after replacement:"
head -n 10 README.md
git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
git add README.md
if git diff --staged --quiet; then
echo "No changes to commit"
else
echo "Committing changes..."
git commit -m "Add clone count badge to README"
git push origin main
echo "Changes pushed successfully"
fi
else
echo "Badge already exists in README, skipping update"
fi
else
echo "No GIST_ID found, skipping README update"
fi