Add support for token "NOT_NEEDED" for standalone plugins (#83)

source/plugins/base/index.mjs

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
       console.debug(`metrics/compute/${login}/base > started`)
       let {repositories, repositories_forks:forks} = imports.metadata.plugins.base.inputs({data, q, account:"bypass"}, {repositories:conf.settings.repositories ?? 100})
 
+    //Skip initial data gathering if not needed
+      if (conf.settings.notoken)
+        return (postprocess.skip({login, data}), {})
+
     //Base parts (legacy handling for web instance)
       const defaulted = ("base" in q) ? !!q.base : true
       for (const part of conf.settings.plugins.base.parts)
@@ -85,5 +89,23 @@
           issueComments:{totalCount:0},
           organizations:{totalCount:0},
         })
+      },
+    //Skip base content query and instantiate an empty user instance
+      skip({login, data}) {
+        data.user = {}
+        for (const account of ["user", "organization"])
+          postprocess?.[account]({login, data})
+        data.account = "bypass"
+        Object.assign(data.user, {
+          databaseId:0,
+          name:login,
+          login,
+          createdAt:new Date(),
+          avatarUrl:`https://github.com/${login}.png`,
+          websiteUrl:null,
+          twitterUsername:login,
+          repositories:{totalCount:0, totalDiskUsage:0, nodes:[]},
+          packages:{totalCount:0},
+        })
       }
   }

source/plugins/core/index.mjs

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
       computed.avatar = await avatar || "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+M9QDwADhgGAWjR9awAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="
 
     //Token scopes
-      computed.token.scopes = (await rest.request("HEAD /")).headers["x-oauth-scopes"].split(", ")
+      computed.token.scopes = conf.settings.notoken ? [] : (await rest.request("HEAD /")).headers["x-oauth-scopes"].split(", ")
 
     //Meta
       data.meta = {version:conf.package.version, author:conf.package.author}

source/plugins/core/metadata.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ inputs:
   # User account personal token
   # No additional scopes are needed unless you want to include private repositories metrics
   # Some plugins may also require additional scopes
+  # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # If you're only using plugins which don't really require a GitHub token, you may pass "NOT_NEEDED" as value
   token:
     description: GitHub Personal Token
     type: token