download all repos for a user

get_git.py

import urllib.request
import subprocess
import argparse
import json


def call_github_repos(username, oauth=None, base_url="https://api.github.com"):
    headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json"}
    if oauth:
        headers["Authorization"] = "token {}".format(oauth)
    full_url = "{}/users/{}/repos".format(base_url, username)
    request = urllib.request.Request(full_url, headers=headers)
    data = None
    with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
        data = json.loads(response.read())
    return data


def clone_repo(repo_url):
    process = subprocess.Popen(["git", "clone", repo_url], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    output = process.communicate()[0]


def main_helper(username, oauth=None, act="clone", meth="ssh"):
    data = call_github_repos(username, oauth)
    for repo in data:
        # print(repo["git_url"])  # uncomment for some extra logging
        clone_repo(repo["git_url"])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--username", help="github username", required=True)
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main_helper(args.username)