Checks github usernames availability of a list of usernames.

gh_userchecker.py

from httplib2 import Http

# Exemple of usernames list (all combinations of 3 letters from a to z):
from string import letters
letters = letters[:26]
usernames = [ a+b+c for a in letters for b in letters for c in letters]



h = Http()

def available(username):
	''' Return true if username is available, False if not, and raises error with unknown response code. '''
	resp, content = h.request("https://github.com/signup_check/username", "POST", 'value='+username)
	if resp['status'] == '200':
		return True
	elif resp['status'] != '408':
		raise Exception('Error '+resp['status'])
	return False




def main():
	''' Print available usernames. '''
	for username in usernames:
		if available(username):
			print username
	return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()