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Export from Developer Data Sources

Atlas is useful for analyzing developer data sources like GitHub. By visualizing this data in interactive maps, teams can discover patterns in bug reports, feature requests, and system behavior to help guide development priorities.

GitHub​

Before exporting data, set up authentication:

# Using GitHub CLI
gh auth login

# Using GitHub API directly
export GITHUB_TOKEN="your_token_here"

Issues​

Export issues with multiple methods:

# Using GitHub CLI (recommended)
gh issue list \
  --repo owner/repo \
  --json number,title,body,created_at,closed_at,labels,assignees,author \
  --limit 1000 \
  > issues.json

# Using GitHub API
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/issues?state=all&per_page=100" \
     > issues.json

Pull Requests​

# Using GitHub CLI
gh pr list \
  --repo owner/repo \
  --json number,title,body,created_at,merged_at,state,reviewers,author \
  --limit 1000 \
  > pull_requests.json

# Using GitHub API
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/pulls?state=all&per_page=100" \
     > pull_requests.json

Commits​

# Using GitHub CLI
gh api \
  repos/owner/repo/commits \
  --paginate \
  > commits.json

# Using Git CLI (for local repository)
git log --pretty=format:'{%n  "commit": "%H",%n  "author": "%an",%n  "date": "%ad",%n  "message": "%s"%n}' \
  --date=iso \
  > commits.json

# Using GitHub API
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/commits?per_page=100" \
     > commits.json

Repository Statistics​

# Code frequency
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/stats/code_frequency" \
     > code_frequency.json

# Commit activity
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/stats/commit_activity" \
     > commit_activity.json

# Contributors statistics
curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/stats/contributors" \
     > contributors.json

See the GitHub CLI documentation and GitHub REST API documentation for more information.