Make this work with more than the master branch readme

README.md

@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ A jQuery plugin for rendering a readme.md in Github file as html.
 	<script>
 		$(function () {
 			var options = {
+				//required
+
 				owner: 'zmckinnon',
-				repo: 'jquery-gh-readme'
+				repo: 'jquery-gh-readme',
+
+				//optional
+				branch: 'master',
+				file: '/README.md'
 			};
 			$('#readme').readme(options);
 		});

src/jquery.gh-readme.js

@@ -1,48 +1,5 @@
 (function ($) {
 
-	var b64array = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" +
-           "QRSTUVWXYZabcdef" +
-           "ghijklmnopqrstuv" +
-           "wxyz0123456789+/" +
-           "=";
-
-	function decodeBase64(data) {
-		// from http://decodebase64.com/
-		var output = "";
-		var hex = "";
-		var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
-		var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
-		var i = 0;
-
-		data = data.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
-
-		do {
-			enc1 = b64array.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
-			enc2 = b64array.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
-			enc3 = b64array.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
-			enc4 = b64array.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
-
-			chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
-			chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
-			chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
-
-			output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
-
-			if (enc3 != 64) {
-				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
-			}
-			if (enc4 != 64) {
-				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
-			}
-
-			chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
-			enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
-
-		} while (i < data.length);
-
-		return output;
-	}
-
 	function convertMarkdown(markdownToConvert) {
 		return marked(markdownToConvert);
 	}
@@ -52,13 +9,15 @@
 		var self = this;
 		var owner = options.owner;
 		var repo = options.repo;
-		$.get('https://api.github.com/repos/' + owner + '/' + repo + '/readme', function (response) {
-			var markdownToConvert = decodeBase64(response.content);
+		var branch = options.branch||'master';
+		var file = options.file||'/README.md';
+		$.get('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/' + owner + '/' + repo + '/' + branch + '' + file + '', function (response) {
+			var markdownToConvert = response.content;
 			var html = convertMarkdown(markdownToConvert);
 			$(self).html(html);
 			deferred.resolve();
 		});
 		return deferred.promise();
 	};
 
-})(jQuery);
+})(jQuery);

tests/specs/jquery.gh-readme.spec.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('jQuery.gh-readme', function () {
 			owner: 'zmckinnon',
 			repo: 'jquery-gh-readme'
 		};
-		jQuery.get = function (url, callback) { callback({ content: 'IyMgVGVzdCAxMjMgIyM=' }); };
+		jQuery.get = function (url, callback) { callback({ content: '## Test 123' }); };
 		$('#readme').readme(options).then(done);
 	});