github-readme-stats/scripts/generate-langs-json.js

const fs = require("fs");
const jsYaml = require("js-yaml");
const axios = require("axios");

const LANGS_FILEPATH = "./src/common/languageColors.json";

//Retrieve languages from github linguist repository yaml file
//@ts-ignore
axios
  .get(
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/linguist/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml",
  )
  .then((response) => {
    //and convert them to a JS Object
    const languages = jsYaml.load(response.data);

    const languageColors = {};

    //Filter only language colors from the whole file
    Object.keys(languages).forEach((lang) => {
      languageColors[lang] = languages[lang].color;
    });

    //Debug Print
    //console.dir(languageColors);
    fs.writeFileSync(
      LANGS_FILEPATH,
      JSON.stringify(languageColors, null, "    "),
    );
  });