Export Github issues as CSV for import into Gitlab

export-github-issues.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""
Export Github issues to CSV for import into Gitlab.
"""

import argparse
import csv
import requests


def main(url, filename):
    req = requests.get(url)
    data = req.json()

    with open(filename, 'w') as csvfile:
        writer = csv.writer(csvfile, quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
        writer.writerow(['title', 'description'])
        for row in data:
            writer.writerow([row['title'], row['body']])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Write GitHub repository issues to CSV file to import into Gitlab")
    parser.add_argument('--org', type=str, help="Organisation or username")
    parser.add_argument('--repo', type=str, help="Repository name")
    parser.add_argument('--filename', type=str, help="Filename to write CSV output to")

    args = parser.parse_args()

    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/issues?state=open".format(args.org, args.repo)

    main(url, args.filename)