Get GitHub Issues

A Python script to get a list of all open issues in a repository with specific labels, and fetch their corresponding bodies and comments in chronological order (oldest to newest).

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• GitHub Personal Access Token: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/BaseMax/get-github-issues.git
cd get-github-issues

Create an virtual envirement:

python -m venv venv

Install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

At last run activate binary file to enable virtual envirenment:

source venv/bin/activate

Usage

Set the ACCESS_TOKEN (GitHub Personal Access Token) variable inside .env file:

Or

export ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

Run the script:

python script.py <owner> <repository> <labels>

Replace with the name of the repository owner, with the name of the repository, and with a comma-separated list of labels you want to filter by. For example:

python get-github-issues.py BaseMax get-github-issues "bug,enhancement"

This will fetch all open issues in the BaseMax/get-github-issues repository with the labels "bug" or "enhancement".

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• GitHub REST API v3
• python-dotenv

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Copyright 2023, Max Base