get-all-github-forks.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import time
import requests

def _get_forks(url):
    req = requests.get(url)
    json = req.json()
    next_url = req.links.get('next', None)
    if next_url: next_url = next_url['url']
    return [e['git_url'] for e in json], next_url

def get_forks(user, repo):
    fork_list = []
    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/forks" % (user, repo)
    while url is not None:
        time.sleep(2) # try to keep github throttle happy
        forks, url = _get_forks(url)
        fork_list = fork_list + forks
    return fork_list

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print "usage: %s <user> <repo>" % (sys.argv[0],)
        sys.exit(1)

    fork_urls = get_forks(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
    for url in fork_urls:
        print url