gh-username-available

Find out whether a GitHub username is available or taken

Install

$ npm install --save gh-username-available

Usage

var ghUsernameAvailable = require('gh-username-available');
 
ghUsernameAvailable('icyflame', function (err, value) {
  console.log(value);
  //=> false
});
 
ghUsernameAvailable('harry-potter-1', function (err, value) {
  console.log(value);
  //=> true
});

CLI

$ npm install --global gh-username-available

$ gh-username-available --help

  Usage
    $ gh-username-available username

  Examples
    $ gh-username-available icyflame
    ✖ Taken

    $ gh-username-available harry-potter-1
    ✔ Available

API

ghUsernameAvailable(username, callback)

username

Required
Type: string

Username that you are trying to check

callback(err, value)

Required

value is true if the username is available, and false if it is taken.

License

MIT © Siddharth Kannan