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from py_github_helper.utils.commands import add_comment
add_comment(
organization="org-not-included",
repository="py-github-helper",
pull_request_id="2",
message="This is an automated message via Github API",
token="my_github_token",
username=None,
password=None,
)
python3 -m py-github-helper \
-t $GH_TOKEN -o org-not-included -r py-github-helper -l 2 -c add_comment \
-e '{"message": "This is an automated message via Github API"}'
https://github.com/org-not-included/py-github-helper/pull/2#issuecomment-1236262158
python3 -m py-github-helper --help
usage: python3 -m py-github-helper [-h] [-o ORGANIZATION] [-r REPOSITORY] [-t TOKEN] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-l PULL_REQUEST_ID] [-c COMMAND] [-e EXTRAS]
A python script that handles GitHub API calls.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit.
-o ORGANIZATION, --organization ORGANIZATION
Owner of GitHub repository.
-r REPOSITORY, --repository REPOSITORY
Name of the GitHub repository.
-t TOKEN, --token TOKEN
User's GitHub Personal Access Token.
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME, --user USERNAME
User's GitHub username.
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD, --pass PASSWORD
User's Github password.
-l PULL_REQUEST_ID, --pull_request_id PULL_REQUEST_ID, --pull-request PULL_REQUEST_ID
The issue # of the Pull Request.
-c COMMAND, --command COMMAND
Name of python function associated with API call being made.
-e EXTRAS, --extras EXTRAS
Extra dictionary to allow for more arguments.
-v, --verbose
Log all INFO level messages to console.
-vv --debug, --very_verbose
Log all DEBUG level messages to console.
Expected Syntax:
python3 -m py-github-helper -o <Organization Name> -r <Repository> -t <O-Auth Token> -u <Github username> -p <Github password> -l <PR Number> -c <Github API Command> -e '{"x": "sample", "y": 5, "z": "test}'
Available Commands:
- add_comment:
Adds a single comment for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[message]
- add_labels:
Adds a set of labels for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[labels]
- close_issue:
Marks a specified issue as closed.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, extras[issue]
- delete_labels:
Deletes a set of labels for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[labels]
- dimiss_single_review:
Dismisses a specific review for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[review_id]
- dismiss_all_reviews:
Dismisses all reviews for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request
- get_commit_message:
Gets a commit message, using the commit_id.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[commit_id]
- get_deploy_issue_number:
Parses for a Github issue titled 'Deploy Request: YYYY-MM-DD', and returns the associated issue id.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token
- get_files_changed_during_pr:
Gets a PR's details, and filters it for a list of file names
Required parameters: organization, repository, pull-request, token
- get_pr_id_from_commit_id:
Returns a PR number, for an associated commit SHA.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, extras[commit_id]
- get_prs_to_deploy:
Parses for a Github issue titled 'Deploy Request: YYYY-MM-DD', and generates a list of mentioned PRs (in order of closed_at).
Required parameters: organization, repository, token
- label_merged_pr:
Adds and/or deletes a set of labels to a pull_request merged into develop or release.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[commit_id, labels_to_add, labels_to_delete]
- label_prs_mentioned_in_commits:
Adds and/or deletes a set of labels to all PRs mentioned in the commit messages of specified pull_request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request, extras[commit_id, labels_to_add, labels_to_delete]
- list_commits:
Fetches a list of commits for a specified pull request.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, pull-request
- list_deleted_files:
Fetches a list of deleted files for a specific commit.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, extras[commit_id]
- open_pr:
Opens a PR, using the supplied head branch into base branch.
Required parameters: organization, repository, token, extras[head, base, title]
mkdir sample-repo
cd sample-repo
echo "# dummy" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/$(git config user.name)/sample-repo.git
git push -u origin main
git checkout -b my_new_branch
echo "some sample text" > test.txt
git add test.txt
git commit -m "commit for demo purposes"
git push --set-upstream origin my_new_branch
pip install py-github-helper
python3 -m py-github-helper \
-t $MY_PAT -o $(git config user.name) -r sample-repo -l 1 -c add_comment \
-e '{"message": "This message was successfully posted via gitub_api."}'
FAQs
Python Script for interacting with Github API
We found that py-github-helper demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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