GitHub Spider

This project is an auto spider that collects a user's followers and followings on GitHub using Python. The collected data is saved as JSON files.

How to Use

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/githubnext/workspace-blank.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd workspace-blank
   

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run the script:

   python github_spider.py <github_username> <layers>
   

5. The followers and followings data will be saved as followers.json and followings.json respectively in the project directory.

Example

To recursively obtain a person's follower list and following list up to 2 layers, run the following command:

python github_spider.py octocat 2

Note

This is a project to try using copilot-workspace.