Adds cronjob for filling vnf table row entries

It uses github api calls to fill no_of_developers, no_of_stars and
versions entry. It is a bit hacky as it sets some parameters and parses
the header link line to get the number.
TODO lines_of_code entry as it is not provided directly by github api.

Change-Id: I6cba54ad48fbb6aa5f4823100a426abbb82fc447
Signed-off-by: Kumar Rishabh <shailrishabh@gmail.com>

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+# CRONJOB Directory
+
+## Helper to setup cronjob to fill the vnf table
+
+There are two important parameters that need to be set in github.js
+before running cronjob.
+
+
+```
+   access_token : generate an access token from github account for accessing
+   the github apis. This is necessary as the non access token limit tends to 
+   be 50 api calls per hour.
+   delta : the threshold between the last update of the row of the vnf table
+   and current time. It is measured in seconds.
+```
+
+Enter the details namely username and password in the **database.js**.
+Then setup the cronjob by putting the following line in the crontab
+
+In the crontab
+
+```bash
+    node github
+```