Back up Issues

issues.py

import requests, os, glob, json, codecs

data = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'issues')

try: os.mkdir(data)
except Exception: pass

auth = ('USER', 'PASSWORD')
repo = 'REPO'

def run(page=1,state='open'):
    print 'on page %s' % page
    already = glob.glob("%s/*.json" % data)
    start = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues?state=%s&page=%s' % (repo, state, page)
    if page:
        start = '%s?page=%s' % (start, page)
    r = requests.get(start, auth=auth)
    has_new = False
    for t in r.json():
        if ("%s/%s.json" % (data, t['id'])) not in already:
            print 'downloading %s' % t['id']
            json.dump(t, open('%s/%s.json' % (data, t['id']), 'w'))
            has_new = True
        else:
            print '%s already stored' % t['id']
    if has_new and 'next' in r.headers['Link']:
        run(page + 1, state)

print 'starting gist archive of @%s' % repo
run(1, 'open')
run(1, 'closed')