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Github Notifications API

62 points by joeyespo 14y ago

bryanh 14y ago
Shameless plug! We just added support for this on Zapier: http://zapier.com/zapbook/github/ http://zapier.com/zapbook/github/ We'll add some links to specific templates, but some good examples of ways to use it might be: * Send SMS for specific mentions (we support filters) * Power your own RSS feed (for Google Reader?) * Dump to chat programs (Hipchat, Campfire, etc...) * POST a JSON payload to some URL * and many more... If you already have a Zapier account with a GitHub auth, you might need to re-authenticate to catch the notifications scope.
agazso 14y ago
Aside from the shameless plug, what will you use it for?
ewolf 14y ago
Finally! I've been waiting for this :) In case anyone of you likes to get notified about new issues, issue comments etc. on his homepage (like I do), you might want to have a look at http://updatified.com/ http://updatified.com/ ;)
- captn3m0 14y ago
  The github icon once connected, gets hidden. Great execution, btw
  - ewolf 14y ago
    I noticed the issue with the GitHub icon — it seems that my hoster is caching something. I'll fix it asap. Thanks :)
witten 14y ago
I found it interesting that this is ostensibly a notifications API, and nowhere is there any way to actually get notifications except by polling. I definitely understand why a push notification API would be a bad idea, but is polling with Last-Modified really the state of the art in notification APIs? What if you want to find out almost instantly when an event occurs, and not just at the granularity of your poll interval? At the API level, what do people use for this? Comet-style long polling? WebSockets? pubsubhubbub?
- technoweenie 14y ago
  Those are all good options, but you still need some kind of poll API. What happens if your PSHB endpoint is down for a bit? What if your streaming HTTP connection disconnects?
  - witten 14y ago
    Sure, polling suits a lot of use cases just fine. I'm just wondering about the ones it doesn't satisfy.
- ewolf 14y ago
  Unfortunately, almost no website has a push API for notifications (or anything else). In the app I mentioned below, I'm gathering notifications from Facebook, Forrst, StackExchange and unread emails from Gmail — I have to poll for every one of those.
- markoa 14y ago
  I think webhooks would be the simplest implementation.
drcongo 14y ago
And still there's no Github IFTTT channel.

62 points by joeyespo 14y ago

Shameless plug! We just added support for this on Zapier: http://zapier.com/zapbook/github/ http://zapier.com/zapbook/github/ We'll add some links to specific templates, but some good examples of ways to use it might be: * Send SMS for specific mentions (we support filters) * Power your own RSS feed (for Google Reader?) * Dump to chat programs (Hipchat, Campfire, etc...) * POST a JSON payload to some URL * and many more... If you already have a Zapier account with a GitHub auth, you might need to re-authenticate to catch the notifications scope.

agazso 14y ago

Aside from the shameless plug, what will you use it for?

ewolf 14y ago

Finally! I've been waiting for this :) In case anyone of you likes to get notified about new issues, issue comments etc. on his homepage (like I do), you might want to have a look at http://updatified.com/ http://updatified.com/ ;)

captn3m0 14y ago
The github icon once connected, gets hidden. Great execution, btw
- ewolf 14y ago
  I noticed the issue with the GitHub icon — it seems that my hoster is caching something. I'll fix it asap. Thanks :)

witten 14y ago

I found it interesting that this is ostensibly a notifications API, and nowhere is there any way to actually get notifications except by polling. I definitely understand why a push notification API would be a bad idea, but is polling with Last-Modified really the state of the art in notification APIs? What if you want to find out almost instantly when an event occurs, and not just at the granularity of your poll interval? At the API level, what do people use for this? Comet-style long polling? WebSockets? pubsubhubbub?

technoweenie 14y ago
Those are all good options, but you still need some kind of poll API. What happens if your PSHB endpoint is down for a bit? What if your streaming HTTP connection disconnects?
- witten 14y ago
  Sure, polling suits a lot of use cases just fine. I'm just wondering about the ones it doesn't satisfy.
ewolf 14y ago
Unfortunately, almost no website has a push API for notifications (or anything else). In the app I mentioned below, I'm gathering notifications from Facebook, Forrst, StackExchange and unread emails from Gmail — I have to poll for every one of those.
markoa 14y ago
I think webhooks would be the simplest implementation.

drcongo 14y ago

And still there's no Github IFTTT channel.