Gitalk
Gitalk is a modern comment component based on GitHub Issue and Preact.
Features
- Authentication with github account
- Serverless, all comments will be stored as github issues
- Both personal and organization github projects can be used to store comments
- Localization, support multiple languages [en, zh-CN, zh-TW, es-ES, fr, ru, de]
- Facebook-like distraction free mode (Can be enabled via the
distractionFreeMode
option) - Hotkey submit comment (cmd|ctrl + enter)
Install
Two ways.
- links
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gitalk@1/dist/gitalk.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gitalk@1/dist/gitalk.min.js"></script>
<!-- or -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/gitalk/dist/gitalk.css">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/gitalk/dist/gitalk.min.js"></script>
- npm install
npm i --save gitalk
import 'gitalk/dist/gitalk.css'
import Gitalk from 'gitalk'
Usage
Firstly, you need choose a public github repository (existed or create a new one) for store comments,
Then create A GitHub Application if you don't have one, Click here to register a new one.
Note: You must specify the website domain url in the Authorization callback URL
field.
Lastly, you can choose how to apply to the page as below:
Method One
Add a container to your page:
<div id="gitalk-container"></div>
Then use the Javascript code below to generate the gitalk plugin:
const gitalk = new Gitalk({
clientID: 'GitHub Application Client ID',
clientSecret: 'GitHub Application Client Secret',
repo: 'GitHub repo', // The repository of store comments,
owner: 'GitHub repo owner',
admin: ['GitHub repo owner and collaborators, only these guys can initialize github issues'],
id: location.pathname, // Ensure uniqueness and length less than 50
distractionFreeMode: false // Facebook-like distraction free mode
})
gitalk.render('gitalk-container')
Method Two: Use in React
Import the Gitalk with
import GitalkComponent from "gitalk/dist/gitalk-component";
And use the component like
<GitalkComponent options={{
clientID: "...",
// ...
// options below
}} />
Options
-
clientID
String
Required. GitHub Application Client ID.
-
clientSecret
String
Required. GitHub Application Client Secret.
-
repo
String
Required. GitHub repository.
-
owner
String
Required. GitHub repository owner. Can be personal user or organization.
-
admin
Array
Required. GitHub repository owner and collaborators. (Users who having write access to this repository)
-
id
String
Default:
location.href
.The unique id of the page. Length must less than 50.
-
number
Number
Default:
-1
.The issue ID of the page, if the
number
attribute is not defined, issue will be located usingid
. -
labels
Array
Default:
['Gitalk']
.GitHub issue labels.
-
title
String
Default:
document.title
.GitHub issue title.
-
body
String
Default:
location.href + header.meta[description]
.GitHub issue body.
-
language
String
Default:
navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage
.Localization language key,
en
,zh-CN
andzh-TW
are currently available. -
perPage
Number
Default:
10
.Pagination size, with maximum 100.
-
distractionFreeMode
Boolean
Default: false.
Facebook-like distraction free mode.
-
pagerDirection
String
Default: 'last'
Comment sorting direction, available values are
last
andfirst
. -
createIssueManually
Boolean
Default:
false
.By default, Gitalk will create a corresponding github issue for your every single page automatically when the logined user is belong to the
admin
users. You can create it manually by setting this option totrue
. -
proxy
String
Default:
https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token
.GitHub oauth request reverse proxy for CORS. Why need this?
-
flipMoveOptions
Object
Default:
{ staggerDelayBy: 150, appearAnimation: 'accordionVertical', enterAnimation: 'accordionVertical', leaveAnimation: 'accordionVertical', }
Comment list animation. Reference
-
enableHotKey
Boolean
Default:
true
.Enable hot key (cmd|ctrl + enter) submit comment.
Instance Methods
-
render(String/HTMLElement)
Init render and mount plugin.
TypeScript
TypeScript definitions for options and Gitalk class come with the package and should be automatically detected.
Definitions for React component usage are not included.
Contributing
- Fork the repository and create your branch from master
- If you've added code that should be tested, add tests!
- If you've changed APIs, update the documentation.
- Ensure the test suite passes (npm test).
- Make sure your code lints (npm run lint).
- Commit your changes (git commit) Commit Message Format Reference
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LICENSE
MIT