Un-watch a list of repos based on the URLs given in the "Subscribed to..." email from GitHub

unwatch-repos.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# This script can be used to un-watch a bunch of repos in the situation in
# which you were automatically made to watch them. It relies on the email
# notification(s) that you received from GH about the newly watched repos.
#
# Usage:
# 
# 1. Copy and paste all the URLs of the form
# https://github.com/ORG/REPO/subscription from the GH notification
# email(s) into a file, newline-separated. Don't worry about whitespace on
# each line. Note that you may need to concatenate the contents of multiple
# emails, as they're batched 100 per email.
# 
# 2. If necessary, generate (and copy to somewhere safe) a personal access
# token at GH. In the GH web UI: Settings->Developer Settings->Personal
# Access Tokens->Generate new token. That token should have at least the
# 'notifications' scope.
# 
# 3. Run this script:
#   python3 unwatch-repos.py <token> <file>
# where <token> is the token you created in step 2, and <file> is the file
# you created in step 1.

import requests
import sys
  
USAGE = 'unwatch-repos.py <github-oauth-token> <text-file-of-repo-urls>'
  
org = 'osrf'
base_url = 'https://api.github.com/'
# org, repo; HTTP DELETE to unwatch
api_repo_subscription = 'repos/%s/%s/subscription'
  
def go(token, fname):
    with open(fname) as f:
        repos = [x.strip() for x in f.readlines()]
    headers = {'Authorization': 'token %s'%(token)}
    for r in repos:
        components = r.split('/')
        if len(components) != 6 or components[3] != org or components[5] != 'subscription':
            print('URL %s does not match the expected pattern; skipping'%(r))
            continue
        reponame = components[4]
        url = base_url + api_repo_subscription%(org, reponame)
        print('Unwatching repo %s/%s via DELETE %s'%(org, reponame, url))
        resp = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
        if resp.status_code != 204:
            print('Unexpected status code: %d'%(resp.status_code))
            print(resp.headers)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print(USAGE)
        sys.exit(1)
    go(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])