Code for How to Use Github API in Python Tutorial

get_user_details.py

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# github username
username = "x4nth055"
# url to request
url = f"https://api.github.com/users/{username}"
# make the request and return the json
user_data = requests.get(url).json()
# pretty print JSON data
pprint(user_data)
# get name
name = user_data["name"]
# get blog url if there is
blog = user_data["blog"]
# extract location
location = user_data["location"]
# get email address that is publicly available
email = user_data["email"]
# number of public repositories
public_repos = user_data["public_repos"]
# get number of public gists
public_gists = user_data["public_gists"]
# number of followers
followers = user_data["followers"]
# number of following
following = user_data["following"]
# date of account creation
date_created = user_data["created_at"]
# date of account last update
date_updated = user_data["updated_at"]
# urls
followers_url = user_data["followers_url"]
following_url = user_data["following_url"]

# print all
print("User:", username)
print("Name:", name)
print("Blog:", blog)
print("Location:", location)
print("Email:", email)
print("Total Public repositories:", public_repos)
print("Total Public Gists:", public_gists)
print("Total followers:", followers)
print("Total following:", following)
print("Date Created:", date_created)
print("Date Updated:", date_updated)

get_user_repositories.py

import base64
import github
import sys
import os

# make a directory to save the Python files
if not os.path.exists("python-files"):
    os.mkdir("python-files")


def print_repo(repo):
    # repository full name
    print("Full name:", repo.full_name)
    # repository description
    print("Description:", repo.description)
    # the date of when the repo was created
    print("Date created:", repo.created_at)
    # the date of the last git push
    print("Date of last push:", repo.pushed_at)
    # home website (if available)
    print("Home Page:", repo.homepage)
    # programming language
    print("Language:", repo.language)
    # number of forks
    print("Number of forks:", repo.forks)
    # number of stars
    print("Number of stars:", repo.stargazers_count)
    print("-"*50)
    # repository content (files & directories)
    print("Contents:")
    try:
        for content in repo.get_contents(""):
            # check if it's a Python file
            if content.path.endswith(".py"):
                # save the file
                filename = os.path.join("python-files", f"{repo.full_name.replace('/', '-')}-{content.path}")
                with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                    f.write(content.decoded_content)
            print(content)
        # repo license
        print("License:", base64.b64decode(repo.get_license().content.encode()).decode())
    except Exception as e:
        print("Error:", e)
    
    
# Github username from the command line
username = sys.argv[1]
# pygithub object
g = github.Github()
# get that user by username
user = g.get_user(username)
# iterate over all public repositories
for repo in user.get_repos():
    print_repo(repo)
    print("="*100)

search_github_repositories.py

import github
import base64

def print_repo(repo):
    # repository full name
    print("Full name:", repo.full_name)
    # repository description
    print("Description:", repo.description)
    # the date of when the repo was created
    print("Date created:", repo.created_at)
    # the date of the last git push
    print("Date of last push:", repo.pushed_at)
    # home website (if available)
    print("Home Page:", repo.homepage)
    # programming language
    print("Language:", repo.language)
    # number of forks
    print("Number of forks:", repo.forks)
    # number of stars
    print("Number of stars:", repo.stargazers_count)
    print("-"*50)
    # repository content (files & directories)
    print("Contents:")
    try:
        for content in repo.get_contents(""):
            print(content)
    except github.GithubException as e:
        print("Error:", e)
    try:
        # repo license
        print("License:", base64.b64decode(repo.get_license().content.encode()).decode())
    except:
        pass

# your github account credentials
username = "username"
password = "password"
# initialize github object
g = github.Github(username, password)
# or use public version
# g = Github()

# search repositories by name
for repo in g.search_repositories("pythoncode tutorials"):
    # print repository details
    print_repo(repo)
    print("="*100)

print("="*100)
print("="*100)

# search by programming language
for i, repo in enumerate(g.search_repositories("language:python")):
    print_repo(repo)
    print("="*100)
    if i == 9:
        break

creating_and_deleting_files.py

from github import Github

# your github account credentials
username = "username"
password = "password"
# initialize github object
g = Github(username, password)

# searching for my repository
repo = g.search_repositories("pythoncode tutorials")[0]

# create a file and commit n push
repo.create_file("test.txt", "commit message", "content of the file")

# delete that created file
contents = repo.get_contents("test.txt")
repo.delete_file(contents.path, "remove test.txt", contents.sha)