🗳️ GitHub Comment Reactions Analyzer

A static web app that analyzes GitHub comment reactions and detects voting conflicts. Paste a GitHub comment link, and it will fetch all reactions, map each user to their assigned entity (country, company, team, etc.), and alert on conflicts.

No backend required — uses the public GitHub API and runs entirely in the browser.

Features

✅ Parse GitHub Comments - Paste any GitHub issue comment link
✅ Public API - No authentication required
✅ Flexible Entity Mapping - Map users to countries, companies, teams, or any label
✅ Flag Display - Automatically renders flag emojis for ISO country codes
✅ Conflict Detection - Alerts when multiple users share the same entity
✅ Unknown User Alerts - Warns when a reacting user is not in the voter list
✅ Live Statistics - Thumbs up/down counts and duplicate totals
✅ Color-Coded Display - Red rows for conflicts, yellow for unregistered users

Setup

1. Create your voter list

You can either upload a CSV file directly in the app, or create a local file.

Option A: Upload CSV via the Browser (Easiest)

• When you open the app, if voting_data.csv is not found, an upload form will appear
• Select your CSV file and click 📤 Upload
• The app will load the data and remember it for the session

Option B: Create a Local File

Copy the example file and fill in your participants:

cp voting_data.example.csv voting_data.csv

Edit voting_data.csv with your GitHub usernames and their assigned entity:

GitHub Name,Voting for
alice,CompanyA
bob,CompanyB
carol,CompanyA

Entities can be:

• ISO country codes (SI, NL, DE, …) → displayed with flag emoji automatically
• Any text (company name, team, group) → displayed as plain text

2. Serve locally

voting_data.csv is loaded via fetch(), so the page must be served over HTTP (not opened as file://).

Python 3:

python -m http.server 8000

Then open: http://localhost:8000/voting-validator.html

Node.js (via npx):

npx http-server

3. Deploy to GitHub Pages

Create a repository from this template-repository. You can configure default voting data creating a voting_data.csv file.

⚠️ voting_data.csv is in .gitignore by default to protect participant data.
Add it to your push only if the data is safe to make public.

Enable GitHub Pages in repository Settings → Pages → Deploy from main branch.

App will be live at: https://YOUR-USERNAME.github.io/YOUR-REPO/voting-validator.html

How to Use

1. Get a GitHub Comment Link

   • Open any GitHub issue, scroll to a comment
   • Click the "..." menu on the comment → "Copy link"
   • Example: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-456789

2. Paste & Analyze

   • Paste the link into the input field and click 🔍 Analyze

3. Read the Results

   • ✅ Green Alert: No conflicts, all users registered
   • ⚠️ Yellow Alert: One or more reacting users are not in voting_data.csv
   • ⛔ Red Alert: Multiple users from the same entity reacted

File Structure

├── voting-validator.html       # Main application (open in browser)
├── voting_data.example.csv    # Template — copy to voting_data.csv and fill in
├── voting_data.csv            # Your actual voter list (gitignored)
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

Supported Country Flags

Any two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code that maps to a flag emoji will render automatically. To add more, extend the COUNTRY_FLAGS object at the top of voting-validator.html.

API Notes

• Rate Limit: 60 requests/hour per IP (unauthenticated public API)
• Works with: Public repositories only
• Reactions per request: Up to 100 (pagination not implemented)

Troubleshooting

CSV not loading / "no data" message

• Open via http://localhost:8000 — not file:// directly
• Verify voting_data.csv exists in the same directory as the HTML file
• Check the browser console (F12) for fetch errors

No reactions found

• Confirm the comment URL includes #issuecomment-XXXXXXXXX
• Make sure the repository is public

Rate limit hit (403)

• Wait an hour, or add a GitHub token to the request headers

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