Calculate your total lifetime github contributions

lifetime-contributions.js

// ⚠️ warning: This script was written by ChatGPT, not entirely reviewed, and is completely unmodified

// This counts your lifetime contributions so you can decide
// whether to block Twitter: https://x.com/mjackson/status/1831554887706169674

const GITHUB_API_URL = 'https://api.github.com/graphql'
// scope needed: "user:read" for public contributions and "repo" for private
// https://github.com/settings/tokens/new
const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN

async function fetchGraphQL(query, variables = {}) {
  const response = await fetch(GITHUB_API_URL, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      query,
      variables
    })
  })

  const responseBody = await response.json()

  if (responseBody.errors) {
    throw new Error(JSON.stringify(responseBody.errors, null, 2))
  }

  return responseBody.data
}

async function getCreatedAt() {
  const query = `
    {
      viewer {
        createdAt
      }
    }
  `

  const data = await fetchGraphQL(query)
  return new Date(data.viewer.createdAt)
}

async function getTotalCommitsForPeriod(from, to) {
  const query = `
    query($from: DateTime!, $to: DateTime!) {
      viewer {
        contributionsCollection(from: $from, to: $to) {
          totalCommitContributions
        }
      }
    }
  `

  const variables = { from: from.toISOString(), to: to.toISOString() }
  const data = await fetchGraphQL(query, variables)
  return data.viewer.contributionsCollection.totalCommitContributions
}

async function getTotalCommits() {
  const createdAt = await getCreatedAt()
  const now = new Date()
  let totalCommits = 0
  let from = createdAt

  while (from < now) {
    const to = new Date(Math.min(from.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, now.getTime())) // 1 year chunk or up to now
    const commits = await getTotalCommitsForPeriod(from, to)
    totalCommits += commits
    from = new Date(to.getTime() + 1) // Move to the day after the current `to` date
  }

  console.log(`Total commits from ${createdAt.toISOString()} to now: ${totalCommits}`)
}

getTotalCommits().catch(err => console.error(err))

𝕏 says @kentcdodds has 150k posts. This script's output for me:

Total commits from 2012-03-04T22:32:01.000Z to now: 13177

😱 Goodbye 𝕏!