create and lock an issue on github

github-dummy-issue-make.py

# this code is from https://gist.github.com/JeffPaine/3145490

import os
import json
import requests
import sys

# Authentication for user filing issue (must have read/write access to
# repository to add issue to)
USERNAME = 'CHANGEME'
PASSWORD = 'CHANGEME'

# The repository to add this issue to
REPO_OWNER = 'CHANGEME'
REPO_NAME = 'CHANGEME'

def make_github_issue(title, body=None, labels=None):
    '''Create an issue on github.com using the given parameters.'''
    # Our url to create issues via POST
    url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/issues' % (REPO_OWNER, REPO_NAME)
    # Create an authenticated session to create the issue
    session = requests.Session()
    session.auth = (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
    # Create our issue
    issue = {'title': title,
             'body': body,
             'labels': labels}
    # Add the issue to our repository
    r = session.post(url, json.dumps(issue))
    if r.status_code == 201:
        print ('Successfully created Issue {0:s}'.format(title))
        response = json.loads(r.content.decode('utf-8'))
        return response.get('number')
    else:
        print ('Could not create Issue {0:s}'.format(title))
        print ('Response:', r.content)
    return 0

def lock_github_issue(number):
    '''lock an issue on github.com using the given parameters.'''
    # Our url to create issues via POST
    url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/issues/%d/lock' % (REPO_OWNER, REPO_NAME, number)
    # Create an authenticated session to create the issue
    session = requests.Session()
    session.auth = (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
    # lock our issue
    r = session.put(url)
    if r.status_code == 204:
        print ('Successfully locked Issue {0:d}'.format(number))
    else:
        print ('Could not lock Issue {0:d}'.format(number))
        print ('Response:', r.content)

def close_github_issue(number):
    '''lock an issue on github.com using the given parameters.'''
    # Our url to create issues via POST
    url = 'https://github.com/%s/%s/issue_comments' % (REPO_OWNER, REPO_NAME)
    referer = 'https://github.com/%s/%s/issues/%d' % (REPO_OWNER, REPO_NAME, number)
    # Create an authenticated session to create the issue
    session = requests.Session()
    session.auth = (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
    # set a header
    header = {'referer': referer, 'host': 'github.com'}
    session.headers.update(header)
    # lock our issue
    r = session.post(url)
    if r.status_code == 200:
        print ('Successfully closed Issue {0:d}'.format(number))
    else:
        print ('Could not close Issue {0:d}'.format(number))
        print ('Response:', r.content)

max = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 1
for i in range(0, max):
  issue_number = make_github_issue('Issue Title', 'Body text', ['BUGS'])
  # close_github_issue(issue_number) # not working yet
  lock_github_issue(issue_number)