works in Chrome 7 and Safari 5

lib/index.js

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 // TODO:
 //  - authentication and write APIs
-//  - run in browsers (dojo?)
 
-var request = require('request')
-  , util = require('util')
+(function() {
+    var global = this
+      , isBrowser = 'document' in global
+      , request = isBrowser ? xhr : require('request')
       , Blob, Branch, Commit, Raw, Repo, Tree, User
+      , api
 
-module.exports = {
+    api = {
         blob: function(repo, sha, path, cb) {
             return new Blob(repo, sha, path, cb)
         },
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ module.exports = {
             return new User(user).getWatched(cb)
         }
     }
+    if (isBrowser) global.GITR = api
+    else module.exports = api
+
 
     // Define resources //
 
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@ function createResource(route, options) {
         if (!route) throw new Error('route is required')
         options = options || {}
     
-    var resource = function() { Resource.apply(this, slice(arguments)) }
-    util.inherits(resource, Resource)
+        var resource = function() { Resource.apply(this, [].slice.call(arguments)) }
+        inherits(resource, Resource)
 
         resource.prototype._route = route
         resource.prototype._params = options.params || paramsFromRoute(route)
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ function createResource(route, options) {
     // If the optional last arg is an object then it is set as the main resource
     // data.
     function Resource(/* ...args, opt: data or callback */) {
-    var args = slice(arguments)
+        var args = [].slice.call(arguments)
           , last = args[args.length - 1]
 
         // assign params from args
@@ -270,6 +275,8 @@ Resource.prototype._get = function(path, cb) {
         request({uri: 'http://github.com/api/v2/json/' + path}, function(err, response, body) {
             if (err)
                 cb(err)
+            else if (isBrowser)
+                cb(null, body) // body is an object
             else if (response.statusCode !== 200)
                 cb(new Error('failed to fetch ' + path + ': ' + response.statusCode))
             else if (response.headers['content-type'].match(/json/))
@@ -309,6 +316,57 @@ function getter(obj, prop, fn, opts) { // minor convenience
         Object.defineProperty(obj, prop, opts)
     }
 
+    function inherits(ctor, superCtor) {
+        ctor.super_ = superCtor
+        ctor.prototype = Object.create(superCtor.prototype, {
+            constructor: {
+                value: ctor,
+                enumerable: false
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    function xhr(options, cb) {
+        GITR._jsonpCallback = function(obj) {
+            cb(null, null, obj)
+        }
+        ;(function (global, oDOC, handler) {
+            options.uri += '?callback=GITR._jsonpCallback'
+            var head = oDOC.head || oDOC.getElementsByTagName("head")
+
+            // loading code borrowed directly from LABjs itself
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                if ("item" in head) { // check if ref is still a live node list
+                    if (!head[0]) { // append_to node not yet ready
+                        setTimeout(arguments.callee, 25)
+                        return
+                    }
+                    head = head[0]; // reassign from live node list ref to pure node ref -- avoids nasty IE bug where changes to DOM invalidate live node lists
+                }
+                var scriptElem = oDOC.createElement("script"),
+                    scriptdone = false
+                scriptElem.onload = scriptElem.onreadystatechange = function () {
+                    if ((scriptElem.readyState && scriptElem.readyState !== "complete" && scriptElem.readyState !== "loaded") || scriptdone) {
+                        return false
+                    }
+                    scriptElem.onload = scriptElem.onreadystatechange = null
+                    scriptdone = true
+                };
+                scriptElem.src = options.uri
+                head.insertBefore(scriptElem, head.firstChild)
+            }, 0)
+
+            // required: shim for FF <= 3.5 not having document.readyState
+            if (oDOC.readyState == null && oDOC.addEventListener) {
+                oDOC.readyState = "loading"
+                oDOC.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", handler = function () {
+                    oDOC.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", handler, false)
+                    oDOC.readyState = "complete"
+                }, false)
+            }
+        })(window, document)
+    }
+
     // get an only property, if any
     function onlyProp(obj) {
         if (obj && typeof obj === 'object') {
@@ -326,6 +384,29 @@ function paramsFromRoute(route) {
                     .map(function(s) { return s.slice(1) })
     }
 
-function slice(x) { return [].slice.call(x) }
-
     function titleCaseFirst(s) { return s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1) }
+
+    if (isBrowser) {
+        function update(array, args) {
+            var arrayLength = array.length, length = args.length;
+            while (length--) array[arrayLength + length] = args[length];
+            return array;
+        }
+
+        function merge(array, args) {
+            array = [].slice.call(array, 0);
+            return update(array, args);
+        }
+        
+        if (!Function.prototype.bind) {
+            Function.prototype.bind = function(context) {
+                if (arguments.length < 2 && typeof arguments[0] === 'undefined') return this
+                var __method = this, args = [].slice.call(arguments, 1)
+                return function() {
+                    var a = merge(args, arguments)
+                    return __method.apply(context, a)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}())