Get contributors to a Github repo using the Github API

get_gh_contributors.py

import requests
from typing import List, Dict, Union

def get_contributors(owner: str, repo: str, extra_fields: List[str] = None, 
                    simplify=True) -> Union[List[str], List[Dict[str, str]]]:
    """Get a list of contributors to a Github repo.
    
    Args:
        owner: Repository owner (organization)
        repo: Repository name
        extra_fields: List of fields besides login name to fetch from Github API result
        simplify: If True, and no extra fields, just return a list of strings
        
    Returns:
        A list of dictionaries with field name and value for each contributor, or
        for 'simplify' mode, a list of login names (strings) for the contributors.
    """
    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors"
    resp = requests.get(url)
    result = []
    fields = ("login",) if extra_fields is None else ["login"] + list(extra_fields)
    for item in resp.json():
        if extra_fields is None and simplify:
            result.append(item.get(fields[0], "-"))
        else:
            result.append({f: item.get(f, "-") for f in fields})
    return result