Ruby script to transfer multiple GitHub repos in one go

github-transfer.rb

# How to use:
# 1- Fill in fromHandle, toHandle, personalAccessToken and repositories
# 2- Run this script from Terminal:
#
# ruby ./github-transfer.rb
#
# 3- There's no step 3.
require 'json'
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

# Who's the current owner?
fromHandle = "source-user"
# Who's the new owner (it could be an organization name as well)
toHandle = "target-user"

# Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens
# Under personal access tokens, create a new token
# with all the "repo" permissions
personalAccessToken = "your-token-goes-here"

# List of repositories go here
# Note: Add only the repo names, without "username/"
repositories = [
    "repo-1"
    "repo-2"
]

puts "🚢 Transferring your Github Repositories..."

repositories.each do |repo|
    puts "Transferring #{fromHandle}/#{repo}..."    

    response = Net::HTTP.post URI("https://api.github.com/repos/#{fromHandle}/#{repo}/transfer"),
        { "new_owner" => toHandle }.to_json,
        {
            "Accept" => "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
            "Authorization" => "token #{personalAccessToken}",
            "Content-Type" => "application/json"
        }

    puts response
end