get: Retrieve information from the issues of GitHub

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Retrieve information from the issues of GitHub

Description

use gh to ask the API of GitHub and et a list of issues with their labels and milestones.

Usage

get_issues(
  source = c("local", "online"),
  dataset_dir = getOption("IssueTrackeR.dataset.dir"),
  dataset_name = "open_issues.yaml",
  repo = getOption("IssueTrackeR.repo"),
  owner = getOption("IssueTrackeR.owner"),
  state = c("open", "closed", "all"),
  verbose = TRUE
)

get_labels(
  source = c("local", "online"),
  dataset_dir = getOption("IssueTrackeR.dataset.dir"),
  dataset_name = "list_labels.yaml",
  repo = getOption("IssueTrackeR.repo"),
  owner = getOption("IssueTrackeR.owner"),
  verbose = TRUE
)

get_milestones(
  source = c("local", "online"),
  dataset_dir = getOption("IssueTrackeR.dataset.dir"),
  dataset_name = "list_milestones.yaml",
  repo = getOption("IssueTrackeR.repo"),
  owner = getOption("IssueTrackeR.owner"),
  state = c("open", "closed", "all"),
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

source	a character string that is either "online" if you want to fetch information from GitHub or "local" (by default) if you want to fetch information locally.
dataset_dir	A character string specifying the path which contains the datasets (only taken into account if source is set to "local"). Defaults to the package option IssueTrackeR.dataset.dir.
dataset_name	A character string specifying the name of the datasets which will be written (only taken into account if source is set to "local"). Defaults to "open_issues.yaml".
repo	A character string specifying the GitHub repository name (only taken into account if source is set to "online"). Defaults to the package option IssueTrackeR.repo.
owner	A character string specifying the GitHub owner (only taken into account if source is set to "online"). Defaults to the package option IssueTrackeR.owner.
state	a character string that is either "open" (by default) if you want to fetch only open issues from GitHub, "closed" if you want to fetch only closed issues from GitHub or "all" if you want to fetch all issues from GitHub (closed and open). Only taken into account if source is set to "online".
verbose	A logical value indicating whether to print additional information. Default is TRUE.

Details

The functions of get type are useful to retrieve object related to issues from GitHub. So it's possible to retrieve issues, labels and milestones.

The defaults value for the argument dataset_name depends on the function:

• defaults is "list_issues.yaml" for get_issues()

• defaults is "list_milestones.yaml" for get_milestones()

• defaults is "list_labels.yaml" for get_labels()

Value

The function get_issues returns an object of class IssuesTB. It is a list composed by object of class IssueTB. An object of class IssueTB represents an issue with simpler structure (with number, title, body and labels).

The function get_labels returns a list representing labels with simpler structure (with name, description, colour).

The function get_milestones returns a list representing milestones with simpler structure (with title, description and due_on).

Examples

## Not run: 
# From online

issues <- get_issues(source = "online", owner = "rjdverse", repo = NULL)
issues <- get_issues(source = "online")
print(issues)

labels <- get_labels(source = "online")
print(labels)

milestones <- get_milestones(source = "online")
print(milestones)

## End(Not run)

# From local

path <- system.file("data_issues", package = "IssueTrackeR")
issues <- get_issues(
    source = "local",
    dataset_dir = path,
    dataset_name = "open_issues.yaml"
)
milestones <- get_milestones(
    source = "local",
    dataset_dir = path,
    dataset_name = "list_milestones.yaml"
)
labels <- get_labels(
    source = "local",
    dataset_dir = path,
    dataset_name = "list_labels.yaml"
)

IssueTrackeR documentation built on June 21, 2026, 1:07 a.m.