Add Github Network Dependents information

[alexkreidler]

For some repositories that publish packages written in certain langauges, Github has a Dependents feature that allows you to see all the repositories that depend on that package. See for example: https://github.com/chakra-ui/chakra-ui/network/dependents

It would be great to add this information to the MergeStat SQL system. Currently it is not available via the GraphQL API, even though there is a preview API version to get dependents so people have built scrapers to get the data.

This would be a big boost for focusing on security or community engagement of a Github repository/software project!

[patrickdevivo]

Hi @alexkreidler thanks for this suggestion! We've been working on a new approach to syncs (https://github.com/mergestat/syncs) which should allow us to more easily support the creation/addition of a sync that loads dependents data - possibly using the GraphQL preview API.

I will take a look and see if this is feasible using the preview API!

[amenowanna]

Moving to syncs repo