amorriscode / book-box

📚 Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads from goodreads

book-box

📚Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads on Goodreads

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📌✨ For more pinned-gist projects like this one, check out: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists

Setup

Prep work

1. Create a new public GitHub Gist
2. Create a token with the gist scope and copy it.
3. Create a Goodreads account
4. Create an API for the Goodreads API

Project setup

1. Fork this repo
2. Go to the repo Settings > Secrets
3. Add the following environment variables:

• GIST_ID: The ID of the gist you created above (https://gist.github.com/amorriscode/3f84910b524db4819ec2dc1063f632ab).
• GH_TOKEN: The GitHub token generated above.
• GOODREADS_KEY: The API key for your Goodreads account.
• GOODREADS_USER_ID: The user ID for your Goodreads account (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5171404-anthony).

Inspiration

This gist was inspired by matchai's bird-box.