Feature: create Insight pages from Github star lists

[isabensusan]

Type of feature

🍕 Feature

Current behavior

When creating a new Insight page, we should let users paste a link to a Github star list.

What are Github star lists? (Github Docs)

It's like a bookmark folder for projects you've starred. So for example, when you star a repo, there's a dropdown menu that allows you to save that repo to a list:

Users can show those lists on their user profiles or keep them private. They get displayed as a recollection of repositories you've saved to that list:

Use Case

If a user has been saving repositories to star lists, it's because they are interested in them for a reason. By being able to syncronize a list of saved repos to create an insight page, users will be able to access data on contributions and activity for those repositories.

Suggested solution

TBD - Needs Design

Additional context

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[isabensusan]

tldr: blocked due to necessary API endpoint not existing.

While researching the existence of a Star List API endpoint on the Github API we found this discussion where the Github team states that the endpoint is not available. Because the discussion is 2 years old by now and no updates have been given, we think this is not currently on Github's roadmap.