Module: GitHubRepoDeleter

Defined in:
lib/github_repo_deleter.rb

Overview

A simple module with a single method, GitHubRepoDeleter.delete_repo

Use this if you need to programatically delete a GitHub repository, since that functionality is not yet exposed through their API. This module uses RestClient to make the requests, and it handles the details of the session cookies and XSRF/CSRF protection for you. It took me enough time to work out the details that I hope maybe this saves someone else the trouble some day.

Example:

GitHubRepoDeleter.delete_repo('yourgithubusername', 'yourgithubpassword',
                              'nameofrepotodelete')
#=> true

Because this relies on “faking” a web browser, it could stop working any time GitHub makes changes to their website. I wouldn’t use this in any production context.

Also, THIS DELETES THE REPOSITORY FROM GITHUB! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DO SOMETHING STUPID.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.delete_repo(login, password, repo_name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/github_repo_deleter.rb', line 26

def delete_repo(, password, repo_name)
  cookies = {}
  auth_token = get_with_cookies('https://github.com/login', cookies)
  post_with_cookies('https://github.com/session',
                    {:login => ,
                     :password => password,
                     :commit => 'Log in',
                     :authenticity_token => auth_token},
                    cookies)
  repo_admin_url = "https://github.com/#{}/#{repo_name}/admin"
  auth_token = get_with_cookies(repo_admin_url, cookies)
  post_with_cookies(repo_admin_url + '/delete',
                    {:_method => 'delete', :authenticity_token => auth_token},
                    cookies)
  return true
end