latestCommit.py

import requests
import json

headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer 49beba867bca3b08df1252f837197b27ab529166'}

query_graphql = '''
query {
    repository(owner: "mohankumargupta", name: "raspberrypi-ansible") {
        ref(qualifiedName: "master") {
            target {
                ... on Commit {
                    history(first: 1) {
                        edges {
                            node {
                                oid
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
'''
query = 'query { viewer { name }}'

query_json = json.dumps({"query": query_graphql.replace('\n', '')})
print(query_json)
response = requests.post(
    'https://api.github.com/graphql',
    query_json,
    headers=headers)
response_json = response.json()
ref = response_json["data"]["repository"]["ref"]
print(ref["target"]["history"]["edges"][0]["node"]["oid"])