Monitor a github user for public repos and alarm if any are found

repo-alert-public.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import json
import sys

import requests

def usage():
    print 'usage: repomonitor.py GITHUB_USER\n\nMonitor for public repos.'

def main(args):
    if not args:
        usage()
        return 1

    username = args[0]
    resp = requests.get('https://api.github.com/users/%s' % username)
    data = resp.json()
    if data['public_repos'] != 0:
        print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
        print 'PUBLIC REPOS IS NONZERO'
        return 2

    return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))