Save the current open issues for the given repository

backup-issues.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
 
var github = require('octonode');
 
function link_to(text, url) {
  return '['+text+']('+url+')';
}
 
var client = github.client();
var repo_name = process.argv[2];
var repo = client.repo(repo_name);
repo.issues(function(err, body, status) {
  var issues_url = 'https://github.com/' + repo.name + '/issues/';
  console.log('# ' + link_to('Issues for '+ repo.name, issues_url) + '\n');
  for (i = 0; i < body.length; i++) {
    var issue = body[i];
    console.log('## ' + link_to(issue.title, issue.html_url));
    console.log('_Opened by ' + issue.user.login + '_\n');
    console.log(issue.body);
  }
});
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