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Badge request: FOSSA

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#1529 opened on Feb 27, 2018

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good first issueservice-badge

Description

FOSSA.io provides scanning of FOSS licenses of the project and its dependencies. It supports generating shields itself, but they're limited (no options like on shields.io). Example:

https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FAthari%2FCsConsoleFormat.svg https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FAthari%2FCsConsoleFormat.svg?type=shield

There's API, but it's only available for paying Enterprise customers. However, the SVG badge itself can be parsed, I guess.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
apitooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Node.jsknowledge of shields.io codebase
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
55
Research direction
The issue requests adding a FOSSA badge to shields.io. The FOSSA API is enterprise only, but the SVG badge URL is public and can be parsed. The implementation should follow the existing pattern for badge services in the repository (likely in the /services directory). The FOSSA SVG badge URL is provided in the issue: https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FAthari%2FCsConsoleFormat.svg. The solution would involve creating a new service file that fetches the SVG and extracts the license information. There is no linked PR or assignee, so the issue is open for contribution.