API calls counter

It could be interesting to provide a real-time counter of the amount of GitHub API calls:

• amount issued for the current query
• amount left on the current token
• approximated amount ?

The approximated amount would be displayed at some point before the query begins.

estimate = 1 + total_forks + (total_forks / 100) + (sub_forks_probability * total_forks)

A warning could be issued if that value exceeds the maximum amount of API calls that can be made within an hour with the current token.

[stdedos]

Also also … If you decide to start with conditional requests, keep in mind that you should count your requests post-flight instead of pre-flight:

https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io/blob/64d739f5a976f1f5cc146102a1d4a767b5dfb3f7/docs/src/queries-logic.js#L111-L116

• 304s don’t count against the limit, and
• “Maybe” a request will fail to fly. If it never reaches the API, it does not affect your limits 😉

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-rest-api#conditional-requests

[stdedos]

First things first: I am using a dedicated token, and did again the https://useful-forks.github.io/?repo=dbeaver%2Fdbeaver

$  curl -i -u usr   -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json"   https://api.github.com/rate_limit
Enter host password for user 'usr':
HTTP/2 200
server: GitHub.com
date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:13:28 GMT
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 827
x-ratelimit-limit: 5000
x-ratelimit-remaining: 3571
x-ratelimit-reset: 1614363065
x-ratelimit-used: 1429
cache-control: no-cache
x-oauth-scopes: public_repo
x-accepted-oauth-scopes:
x-github-media-type: github.v3; format=json
access-control-expose-headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, Deprecation, Sunset
access-control-allow-origin: *
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-frame-options: deny
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-security-policy: default-src 'none'
vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
x-github-request-id: DE23:13A33:1E5F1C:1EEACA:60392C38

{
  "resources": {
    "core": {
      "limit": 5000,
      "used": 1429,
      "remaining": 3571,
      "reset": 1614363065
    },
    "search": {
      "limit": 30,
      "used": 0,
      "remaining": 30,
      "reset": 1614359668
    },
    "graphql": {
      "limit": 5000,
      "used": 19,
      "remaining": 4981,
      "reset": 1614360272
    },
    "integration_manifest": {
      "limit": 5000,
      "used": 0,
      "remaining": 5000,
      "reset": 1614363208
    },
    "source_import": {
      "limit": 100,
      "used": 0,
      "remaining": 100,
      "reset": 1614359668
    },
    "code_scanning_upload": {
      "limit": 500,
      "used": 0,
      "remaining": 500,
      "reset": 1614363208
    }
  },
  "rate": {
    "limit": 5000,
    "used": 1429,
    "remaining": 3571,
    "reset": 1614363065
  }
}

It’s very honorable that you don’t exhaust my limit, but I am worried that maybe not everything is what it seems.

Also, you have an off-by-one error 😀