How to create a commit and push into repo with GitHub API v3?

Question

I want to create a repository and Commit a few files to it via any Python package. How do I do?

I do not understand how to add files for commit.

Answer 1

Based on previous answer, here is a complete example. Note that you need to use POST if you upload the commit to a new branch, or PATCH to upload to an existing one.

    import whatsneeded
    
    GITHUB_TOKEN = "WHATEVERWILLBEWILLBE"
    
    def github_request(method, url, headers=None, data=None, params=None):
        """Execute a request to the GitHUB API, handling redirect"""
        if not headers:
            headers = {}
        headers.update({
            "User-Agent": "Agent 007",
            "Authorization": "Bearer " + GITHUB_TOKEN,
        })
    
        url_parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
        url_path = url_parsed.path
        if params:
            url_path += "?" + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
    
        data = data and json.dumps(data)
        conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(url_parsed.hostname)
        conn.request(method, url_path, body=data, headers=headers)
        response = conn.getresponse()
        if response.status == 302:
            return github_request(method, response.headers["Location"])
    
        if response.status >= 400:
            headers.pop('Authorization', None)
            raise Exception(
                f"Error: {response.status} - {json.loads(response.read())} - {method} - {url} - {data} - {headers}"
            )
    
        return (response, json.loads(response.read().decode()))
      
    def upload_to_github(repository, src, dst, author_name, author_email, git_message, branch="heads/master"):
        # Get last commit SHA of a branch
        resp, jeez = github_request("GET", f"/repos/{repository}/git/ref/{branch}")
        last_commit_sha = jeez["object"]["sha"]
        print("Last commit SHA: " + last_commit_sha)
    
        base64content = base64.b64encode(open(src, "rb").read())
        resp, jeez = github_request(
            "POST",
            f"/repos/{repository}/git/blobs",
            data={
                "content": base64content.decode(),
                "encoding": "base64"
            },
        )
        blob_content_sha = jeez["sha"]
    
        resp, jeez = github_request(
            "POST",
            f"/repos/{repository}/git/trees",
            data={
                "base_tree":
                last_commit_sha,
                "tree": [{
                    "path": dst,
                    "mode": "100644",
                    "type": "blob",
                    "sha": blob_content_sha,
                }],
            },
        )
        tree_sha = jeez["sha"]
    
        resp, jeez = github_request(
            "POST",
            f"/repos/{repository}/git/commits",
            data={
                "message": git_message,
                "author": {
                    "name": author_name,
                    "email": author_email,
                },
                "parents": [last_commit_sha],
                "tree": tree_sha,
            },
        )
        new_commit_sha = jeez["sha"]
    
        resp, jeez = github_request(
            "PATCH",
            f"/repos/{repository}/git/refs/{branch}",
            data={"sha": new_commit_sha},
        )
        return (resp, jeez)