backup your github repos periodically

github_backup.py

import urllib2
import json
import os

user = "tahnok" #replace me
backup_path = "/home/wes/github_backups" #and replace me

repos = json.load(urllib2.urlopen("https://api.github.com/users/%s/repos?per_page=100" % user))

for repo in repos:
    name = repo['name']
    print("backing up %s" % name)
    path = os.path.join(backup_path, name)
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        print("pulling...")
        os.system("cd %s && git pull" % path)
    else:
        print("cloning...")
        os.system("git clone %s %s" % (repo['clone_url'], path))