Create a branch in a remote repo using the Github API. Uses token auth.

main.py

import requests
import os
import json

TOKEN = os.environ['GH']
NEW_BRANCH_NAME = ''
HASH = ''
AUTHOR= ''
REPO = ''

url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/git/refs'.format(AUTHOR, REPO)
payload = \
{
    "ref": "refs/heads/{}".format(NEW_BRANCH_NAME),
    "sha": "{}".format(HASH)
}
headers =  \
{
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'token {}'.format(TOKEN)
}

r = requests.post(url=url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)
print(r.text)