GitHub file size badge doesn't work for some files
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Description
### Are you experiencing an issue with...
shields.io
### 🐞 Description
This badge works for most files
https://img.shields.io/github/size/badges/shields/server.js
but there are some that cause a problem
https://img.shields.io/github/size/badges/shields/package.json
The reason this fails is because this causes us to look for a file called "package" and use json output format, rather than look for a file called "package.json"
### 🔗 Link to the badge
https://img.shields.io/github/size/badges/shields/package.json
### 💡 Possible Solution
We might need to switch `path` from a path param to a query param to solve this.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the GitHub size badge endpoint shown in the issue and trace how its path is parsed into a filename and output format. Reproduce the failing package.json URL and compare it with server.js; done means both badges resolve the intended complete filename and return the expected badge output.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100