Python/web_programming/fetch_github_info.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Created by sarathkaul on 14/11/19
Updated by lawric1 on 24/11/20

Authentication will be made via access token.
To generate your personal access token visit https://github.com/settings/tokens.

NOTE:
Never hardcode any credential information in the code. Always use an environment
file to store the private information and use the `os` module to get the information
during runtime.

Create a ".env" file in the root directory and write these two lines in that file
with your token::

#!/usr/bin/env bash
export USER_TOKEN=""
"""
import os
from typing import Any, Dict

import requests

BASE_URL = "https://api.github.com"

# https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/rest/reference/users#get-the-authenticated-user
AUTHENTICATED_USER_ENDPOINT = BASE_URL + "/user"

# https://github.com/settings/tokens
USER_TOKEN = os.environ.get("USER_TOKEN", "")


def fetch_github_info(auth_token: str) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
    """
    Fetch GitHub info of a user using the requests module
    """
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"token {auth_token}",
        "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
    }
    return requests.get(AUTHENTICATED_USER_ENDPOINT, headers=headers).json()


if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
    if USER_TOKEN:
        for key, value in fetch_github_info(USER_TOKEN).items():
            print(f"{key}: {value}")
    else:
        raise ValueError("'USER_TOKEN' field cannot be empty.")