Create Gtihub labels from Bash

create_labels.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Colours picked from https://robinpowered.com/blog/best-practice-system-for-organizing-and-tagging-github-issues/

###
# Label definitions
###
declare -A LABELS

# Platform
LABELS["ruby"]="BFD4F2"
LABELS["rails"]="BFD4F2"

# Problems
LABELS["bug"]="EE3F46"
LABELS["security"]="EE3F46"
LABELS["production"]="F45D43"

# Mindless
LABELS["chore"]="FEF2C0"
LABELS["legal"]="FFF2C1"

# Experience
LABELS["copy"]="FFC274"
LABELS["design"]="FFC274"
LABELS["ux"]="FFC274"

# Environment
LABELS["staging"]="FAD8C7"
LABELS["test"]="FAD8C7"

# Feedback
LABELS["discussion"]="CC317C"
LABELS["rfc"]="CC317C"
LABELS["question"]="CC317C"

# Improvements
LABELS["enhancement"]="5EBEFF"
LABELS["optimizaiton"]="5EBEFF"

# Additions
LABELS["feature"]="91CA55"

# Pending
LABELS["in progress"]="FBCA04"
LABELS["watchlist"]="FBCA04"

# Inactive
LABELS["invalid"]="D2DAE1"
LABELS["wontfix"]="D2DAE1"
LABELS["duplicate"]="D2DAE1"
LABELS["on hold"]="D2DAE1"

###
# Get a token from Github
###
if [ ! -f ".token" ]; then
  read -p "Please enter your Github username: " user
  read -p "Please enter your 6 digit two-factor-authentication code: " otp_code

  curl -u "$user" -H "X-Github-OTP: $otp_code" -d '{"scopes":["repo", "public_repo"], "note":"Creating Labels"}' "https://api.github.com/authorizations" | jq -r '.token' > .token
fi

TOKEN=$(cat .token)

read -p "Who owns the repo you want labels on?: " owner
read -p "What repo do you want labels on?: " repo

for K in "${!LABELS[@]}"; do
  CURL_OUTPUT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -X POST "https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/labels" -d "{\"name\":\"$K\", \"color\":\"${LABELS[$K]}\"}")
  HAS_ERROR=$(echo "$CURL_OUTPUT" | jq -r '.errors')

  if [ ! -z "$HAS_ERROR" ]; then
    ERROR=$(echo "$CURL_OUTPUT" | jq -r '.errors[0].code')

    if [ "$ERROR" == "already_exists" ]; then
      # We update
      echo "'$K' already exists. Updating..."
      CURL_OUTPUT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -X PATCH "https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/labels/${K/ /%20}" -d "{\"name\":\"$K\", \"color\":\"${LABELS[$K]}\"}")
    else
      echo "Unknown error: $ERROR"
      echo "Output from curl: "
      echo "$CURL_OUTPUT"
      echo "Exiting..."
      exit;
    fi
  else
    echo "Created '$K'."
  fi
done

Shame it doesn't work for Gitlab! Do you think that would be an easy thing to add?

Looks great, how would that work if you had users who didn't have 2FA enabled?