migrate_github_issues.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import getpass
import json

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

# CHANGE THESE CONSTANTS
USERNAME = 'onyxfish' 
PASSWORD = getpass.getpass("Password:")
OLD_OWNER = 'npr' 
NEW_OWNER = 'nprapps'
OLD_REPO = 'us-wildfires' 
NEW_REPO = 'us-wildfires'

old_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/issues" % (OLD_OWNER, OLD_REPO)
new_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/issues" % (NEW_OWNER, NEW_REPO)

response = requests.get(old_url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(USERNAME, PASSWORD))

tickets = json.loads(response.content)

print 'Migrating %i tickets' % len(tickets)

for ticket in tickets:
    print 'Migrating ticket %s' % ticket['title']

    new_ticket = {
        'title': ticket['title'],
        'body': ticket['body'],
        'assignee': ticket['assignee']['login'] if ticket['assignee'] else None,
        # Milestones and labels need to be configured in the new project first
        #'milestone': ticket['milestone']['number'],
        #'labels': [l['name'] for l in ticket['labels']]
    }

    response = requests.post(new_url, data=json.dumps(new_ticket), auth=HTTPBasicAuth(USERNAME, PASSWORD))