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Get user events with Github API and Octokit

I'm trying to make a simple call to retrieve user events on github through octokit.

According to the docs I create new client and visit the user events endpoint.

client = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: my_token)
user = client.user

Up to here it works fine, now I continue with

events = user.events
=> nil

Alternatively, when I do 

client = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: my_token, api_endpoint: 'users/:user/events')

I get

#<Octokit::Client:0x007f9a78ac04f8...

but how to get list of events from there? Here is the official doc https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/#list-events-performed-by-a-user

Solution

  • I think what you want is

    client = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: my_token)
user = client.user
events = client.user_events user.login

    It isn't exactly intuitive and I had to read the source. I haven't had a chance to test this yet but there doesn't appear to be a better way.