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react-readit

v0.1.6

Published

Tiny utility to fetch GitHub README/MD as raw text (framework-agnostic).

Readme

🚀 Usage

import { parse, get } from "react-readit";

// 1️⃣ Parse GitHub URL
const info = parse("https://github.com/HanJunSeoJB/frontend");
// → { owner: "HanJunSeoJB", repo: "frontend" }

// 2️⃣ Fetch raw README
const md = await get({ input: "HanJunSeoJB/frontend", ref: "main" });
console.log(md.slice(0, 200)); // Markdown text

// 3️⃣ Fetch a specific Markdown file
const doc = await get({
  input: "HanJunSeoJB/frontend",
  path: "docs/guide.md",
  ref: "dev",
});

🧩 API

parse(url: string): Parsed

Parses a GitHub URL or "owner/repo" string.

Returns:

type Parsed = {
  owner: string;
  repo: string;
  ref?: string;
  path?: string;
};

Examples:

parse("https://github.com/user/project");
// { owner: "user", repo: "project" }

parse("user/project");
// { owner: "user", repo: "project" }

parse("https://github.com/user/project/blob/main/docs/intro.md");
// { owner: "user", repo: "project", ref: "main", path: "docs/intro.md" }

get(options: GetOptions): Promise<string>

Fetches raw markdown text from a repository’s README or a specific file.

type GetOptions = {
  input: string; // e.g. "owner/repo" or full GitHub URL
  ref?: string; // branch/tag/commit
  path?: string; // path to a .md file
};

Examples:

// README (default)
await get({ input: "user/project" });

// Specific branch
await get({ input: "user/project", ref: "main" });

// Specific file
await get({ input: "user/project", path: "docs/guide.md" });

💡 Notes

  • Works with public repositories only.
  • Requires Node.js v18+ (built-in fetch).
  • No framework dependency (works in Node, Deno, or browser).
  • If you need React rendering, use react-markdown on the returned text.

📄 License

MIT © 2025 Han Junseo