GitHub_Create_Repo.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3

GitHub - Create Repo

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Tags: #github #productivity #code #operations #snippet

Author: Kanishk Pareek

Last update: 2023-04-12 (Created: 2023-02-28)

Description: This notebook provides instructions on how to create a repository on GitHub.

Input

Importing library

import requests
import json

Variable

# Enter your username here
user_name = "*********"
# Enter Your github token
github_token = "*************"
# Enter your repo name that you want to create
repo_name = "*************"
# Enter Your repo description
repo_description = "This is another repo"

Model

payload = {"name": repo_name, "description": repo_description, "auto_init": "true"}
repo_request = requests.post(
    "https://api.github.com/" + "user/repos",
    auth=(user_name, github_token),
    data=json.dumps(payload),
)

Output

if repo_request.status_code == 422:
    print("Github repo already exists try wih other name.")
elif repo_request.status_code == 201:
    print("Github repo has created successfully.")
elif repo_request.status_code == 401:
    print("You are unauthorized user for this action.")