Export Github issues from the command line

dump_github_issues.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "Please enter your Github username"
read username

echo "Please enter your Github password"
read -s password

echo "What is the Github repo you'd like to download issues from?"
echo "Format is user/repo"
read repo

filename=$(echo "$repo.json" | tr / -)
echo "Dumping $repo to $filename ..."
echo
echo

# remove -u if not private
curl -u "$username:$password" "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/issues?per_page=1000&state=all" > $filename