[feature_request] GraphQL fetch user language information

[rickstaa]

There is currently no way to fetch the languages a specific user uses. The current repositories/languages object of the GraphQL API will return the languages of a repository. I think allowing users to filter only the languages used in commits made by their user account would improve the GraphQL API. It would provide users with more accurate Language proficiency information and improve the stats displayed by repositories like github-readme-stats. I'm unsure if this is technically possible given the current GraphQL design and performance requirements and the linguist tool but here is my proposal.

Current behaviour

Current graphQL query:

query userInfo($login: String!) {
  user(login: $login) {
    repositories(ownerAffiliations: OWNER, isFork: true, first: 100) {
      nodes {
        name
        languages(first: 10, orderBy: {field: SIZE, direction: DESC}) {
          edges {
            size
            node {
              color
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Current GraphQL variables

{"login": "rickstaa"}

This will return the language stats per repository.

New behaviour

Maybe an attribute like isUser: true could be added for fetching user-specific language information.

New graphQL query:

query userInfo($login: String!) {
  user(login: $login) {
    repositories(ownerAffiliations: OWNER, isFork: true, first: 100) {
      nodes {
        name
        languages(first: 10, orderBy: {field: SIZE, direction: DESC}, isUser: true) {
          edges {
            size
            node {
              color
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

New GraphQL variables

{"login": "rickstaa"}

[Olf0]

I fully concur with the assessment and feature request: For many purposes the languages a user uses is of interest, not languages used in a repository. This data is currently not accessible via the GraphQL API!

[StrangeRanger]

I agree that this should be a feature.

[jay23606]

Another nice feature would be an easy way to get the most recent commit date when inside Tree entries:

https://www.reddit.com/r/graphql/comments/1338vwr/new_to_graphql_and_trying_to_understand_github/

[Eminentzeal]

I buy this idea because I do a lot of work as a contributor to organizations repository, that shoul reflect on my profile as well

[Olf0]

@Eminentzeal, please look at issue anuraghazra/github-readme-stats#1!

[Temerold]

👍 Agreed

[Temerold]

I am voicing my support in an additional way.

[thatmare]

I agree. I'm just learning to code and fork several projects to do so. After four projects and four months, the languages I used aren't in my top language stats. Any updates?

[spacey-sooty]

This would be super useful

[QwEekYhyo]

This should, indeed, be a feature.

[Destroy666x]

Forks are as important for GH as own repos, so definitely should be a thing.

[Destroy666x]

@Eagle3386 sorry, but you show blatant ridiculousness here, spamming the whole comment section with way more useless repeated comment. People should be able to comment whatever they want under a feedback discussion. While "+1" type of comments are not too useful, you commented mostly on a bunch that added some point(s). I have no idea what encouraged you to stop us in a hypocritical and comedic way.

Also, do you realize:

• you can turn email notifications off
• you can unsubscribe from any discussions, knowing that 99% of replies in them will be support for the idea
  ?

[hokwanhung]

I cannot agree more; it indeed will reflect more precisely and could allow counting for forks and other behaviours, especially when the repository is company-based and users are just collaborators.

[BB-BenBridges]

Thumbs up to this. My current stats look like I can only write Python but that is far from the truth as I use a large variety of languages but in company owned orgs.

[BB-BenBridges]

Which I have done as well. Adding a further comment to show the different reasons this would be useful when this feature is developed could be useful to the devs. Certainly does not hurt.

[BB-BenBridges]

"new comments cause mails" - like the 10 emails I just got from you? 😄 It would be one thing if there were multiple new comments on this per day, but it's been fairly steady at one a week. If the mods disagree, they can delete comments and pin one asking only to up-vote and not comment.

Not trying to be aggressive as I can see you were just trying to help. Just trying to show you the slight hypocrisy in your comment. The mods of this repo can manage the notifications if its a big issue for them. Same goes for anyone subbed to this issue.

[CodedRedGIT]

+1, this would be a super handy addition.

[mb6ockatf]

support this! 👍

[aamehedi]

Really need this 👍

[InvalidJokerDE]

needed 👍

[Almighty-Shogun]

Really need this

[basitcodeenv]

+1 We need this

[anahperes]

This idea would be useful!

[dsantosr]

+1

[dpakanati]

+1

[Dawsson]

would be very useful.

[BreeDurbin]

This would be super awesome. currently my contributions to organizations show up on my heat map but there is no way to display them in my profile with any other analytics tools which leads to skewed data which only represents my own repositories, but not the organizations I have contributed to.

Currently my displayed languages says its mostly c++ despite having made many contributions in kotlin and terraform for example.

[FlowerInTheRain]

I mostly work for organizations so it'd be a great improvement to my profile.

Huge +1

[LeLoomi]

+1 would be a good feature

[GustavodCastro]

+1 I agree this would be a very helpful feature.

[W3ND31]

+1 would be an awesome feature