Now that everyone is using the special repository on github that makes your account stand out, let's make the most out of it.
Profile hit counter by jwenjian
page_id is your github username and since it is a special repo having your username page.id is also your username.
Custom badges by shields.io
You can show off your talents and skills, the even support JSON parsing so you can display some amazing dynamic parameters and stats.
For example I want to show number of followers on my github
https://api.github.com/users/peopledrivemecrazy this url returns
{
"login": "peopledrivemecrazy",
"id": 3922469,
...,
"followers": 11, //this is what I need
"following": 2,
"created_at": "2013-03-20T15:55:56Z",
"updated_at": "2020-07-13T09:20:50Z"
}
This has followers we can query with https://shields.io/ (scroll down a bit and you will find dynamic)
So I would use
More stats by @anuraghazra
anuraghazra
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github-readme-stats
⚡ Dynamically generated stats for your github readmes
GitHub Readme Stats
Get dynamically generated GitHub stats on your readmes!
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Features
- GitHub Stats Card
- GitHub Extra Pins
- Top Languages Card
- Wakatime Week Stats
- Themes
- Customization
- Deploy Yourself
GitHub Stats Card
Copy-paste this into your markdown content, and that's it. Simple!
Change the ?username= value to your GitHub's…
Adding more dynamic features by @dylburger
Lastly, if you are actively posting on dev and want a quick template to your profile please check my post
You could combine all the above and make a beautiful profile on github.
Thanks for reading, here is the doggo tax
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