format-people

Format a list of authors, contributors, or collaborators.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save format-people

Usage

Requires Node.js v8.0 or higher.

const format = require('format-people');

API

Params

• arr {Array}: Array of people objects.
• format {String}: The format "type" to use. Valid types are table, list and aligned. If no type is passed, table will be used automatically.
• returns {String}: Formatted

Example

const people = [ { name: 'Brian Woodward' } ];
const table = format(people, 'table');
console.log(table);

.table

Returns the array of people formatted as a markdown table.

Params

• arr {Array}: Array of people to format.
• returns {String}: Markdown table

Example

const people = [
  { login: 'doowb', contributions: 100, html_url: 'https://github.com/doowb' },
  { login: 'jonschlinkert', contributions: 50, html_url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert' }
];
console.log(format.table(people));
//=> | **Commits** | **Contributor**<br/> |
//=> | --- | --- |
//=> | 100 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
//=> | 50 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |

.list

Returns the array of people formatted as a markdown list.

Params

• arr {Array}: Array of people to format.
• returns {String}: Markdown list

Example

const people = [
  { login: 'doowb', contributions: 100, html_url: 'https://github.com/doowb' },
  { login: 'jonschlinkert', contributions: 50, html_url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert' }
];
console.log(format.list(people));
//=> **Commits** / **Contributor**
//=> + 100 [doowb](https://github.com/doowb)
//=> + 50 [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)

.aligned

Returns the array of people formatted as a GitHub Flavored Markdown fenced code block, with aligned columns.

Params

• arr {Array}: Array of people to format.
• returns {String}: Markdown code block with aligned columns.

Example

const people = [
  { login: 'doowb', contributions: 100, html_url: 'https://github.com/doowb' },
  { login: 'jonschlinkert', contributions: 50, html_url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert' }
];
console.log(format.aligned(people));
//=> COMMITS / CONTRIBUTOR
//=> ------- | -----------
//=> 100      doowb
//=> 50      jonschlinkert

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Please read the contributing guide for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• github-base: Low-level methods for working with the GitHub API in node.js/JavaScript. | homepage
• github-contributors: Generate a markdown or JSON list of contributors for a project using the GitHub API. | homepage

Contributors

Commits	Contributor
11	doowb
8	jonschlinkert

Author

Brian Woodward

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License

Copyright © 2018, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT License.

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