Make GitHub token optional - deleted

README.md

@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:
 
 ### Local Development Setup
 
-1. Run `cp .env.example .env` to create a `.env` file for environment variables. (Don’t check this in!)
-2. Create a [classic GitHub access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens) with these scopes: `repo`, `read:org`, `read:user`, and `read:project`.
-3. Paste the GitHub token after `.env`’s `GITHUB_TOKEN=`.
-
 #### DDEV setup
 
 DDEV already has all the dependencies included.
@@ -82,6 +78,17 @@ Check out the project in your favorite Node.js environment, ideally running [`nv
 
 To generate a static copy of the site, run `npm run build`. The contents of the `dist/` folder are exactly what get [deployed to Cloudflare Pages](#build--deployment). You can preview locally by running `npm run preview` or using a tool like [`serve`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/serve).
 
+#### GitHub Token
+
+This step is not required if you just want to contribute a blog post to ddev.com. 
+
+Contributors, sponsors, releases and more data about DDEV is retrieved dynamically from the GitHub API. To test this, please follow these steps:
+
+1. Run `cp .env.example .env` to create a `.env` file for environment variables. (Don’t check this in!)
+2. Create a [classic GitHub access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens) with these scopes: `repo`, `read:org`, `read:user`, and `read:project`.
+3. Paste the GitHub token after `.env`’s `GITHUB_TOKEN=`.
+
+There is a local `cache/` to reduce API calls.
 
 #### Switching from Without DDEV to with DDEV
 

src/content/blog/working-with-vite-in-ddev.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Working with Vite in DDEV - an introduction"
 pubDate: 2023-11-08
-modifiedDate: 2024-06-10
+modifiedDate: 2024-24-10
 summary: Working with Vite in DDEV
 author: Matthias Andrasch
 featureImage:
@@ -449,11 +449,27 @@ Example repositories:
 
 #### Drupal
 
-I found this module:
-
-- https://www.drupal.org/project/vite
-
-But I could not find more info regarding DDEV usage. Happy to update this section with a better link / suggestion!
+[Andrew Morton](https://github.com/mortona42) gave some information about the current state, thanks very much! 
+
+> Vite module: [https://www.drupal.org/project/vite](https://www.drupal.org/project/vite)
+> 
+> This uses Vite's manifest.json to map enabled Drupal library files to the compiled versions in /dist, or to the vite server in dev mode.
+> 
+> Here is a theme I contributed, with instructions for how to set it up with DDEV in the readme files. I'm trying to detail all the configuration possibilities we might need, with defaults that should work out of the box.
+> 
+> [https://www.drupal.org/project/unocss_starter](https://www.drupal.org/project/unocss_starter) (uses Vite)
+> 
+<!-- textlint-disable -->
+> I'm blogging about the process here: [https://www.drupalarchitect.info/projects/unocss-starter-theme](https://www.drupalarchitect.info/projects/unocss-starter-theme)
+> 
+> There are a handful of devs working on using Vite to bundle assets multiple modules/themes in Drupal. Looks like Vite and Foxy are becoming the leading solutions.
+>
+> [https://www.drupal.org/project/foxy](https://www.drupal.org/project/foxy)
+> 
+> Working POC: [https://github.com/darvanen/drupal-js](https://github.com/darvanen/drupal-js)
+> 
+> I think we'll be seeing a lot of new things in 
+this area over the next year.
 
 #### Laravel
 

src/lib/api.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ dotenv.config()
 const DEVELOPMENT_CACHE_DIR = 'cache'
 let octokitInstance: Octokit;
 
+// Define variable if GITHUB_TOKEN is set and not empty
+const githubTokenIsSet: boolean = (() => {
+  if(process.env.hasOwnProperty('GITHUB_TOKEN') === false || process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN === ''){
+    // add warning for production builds
+    if(import.meta.env.MODE === 'production'){
+      console.warn('GITHUB_TOKEN not set or empty. You can ignore this warning for local development.');
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+})();
+
 /**
  * Returns an instance of Octokit, which uses the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment
  * variable for authentication.
@@ -56,6 +68,11 @@ export function getCategoryUrl(name: string) {
  * @returns response data
  */
 export async function getSponsors() {
+
+  if(!githubTokenIsSet){
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const cacheFilename = 'sponsors.json'
   const cachedData = getCache(cacheFilename);
 
@@ -121,6 +138,11 @@ export async function getSponsors() {
  * @returns response data
  */
 export async function getContributors(includeAnonymous = false) {
+
+  if(!githubTokenIsSet){
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const cacheFilename = 'contributors.json'
   const cachedData = getCache(cacheFilename);
 
@@ -155,6 +177,11 @@ export async function getContributors(includeAnonymous = false) {
  * @returns response data
  */
 export async function getRepoDetails(name: string) {
+
+  if(!githubTokenIsSet){
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const slug = name.replace('/', '-')
   const cacheFilename = `repository-${slug}.json`;
   const cachedData = getCache(cacheFilename);
@@ -178,6 +205,11 @@ export async function getRepoDetails(name: string) {
  * @returns tag name
  */
 export async function getLatestReleaseVersion(stable = true) {
+
+  if(!githubTokenIsSet){
+    return [];
+  }
+
   let data = await getReleases()
 
   if (stable) {
@@ -190,6 +222,11 @@ export async function getLatestReleaseVersion(stable = true) {
 }
 
 export async function getReleases() {
+
+  if(!githubTokenIsSet){
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const cacheFilename = 'releases.json'
   const cachedData = getCache(cacheFilename);