Export issues from Github as JSON

gistfile1.py

"""
Exports Issues from a specified repository.
 
Uses basic authentication (Github username + password) to retrieve Issues
from a repository that username has access to. Supports Github API v3.

From:
  https://gist.github.com/unbracketed/3380407
"""
import requests
 
GITHUB_USER = ''
GITHUB_PASSWORD = ''
REPO = ''  # format is username/repo
ISSUES_FOR_REPO_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues' % REPO
AUTH = (GITHUB_USER, GITHUB_PASSWORD)

r = requests.get(ISSUES_FOR_REPO_URL, auth=AUTH)
if not r.status_code == 200:
    raise Exception(r.status_code)

with open('issues.json', 'w') as outfile:
  json.dump(r.json(), outfile)