This is a Python library to access the [Github API v3](http://developer.github.com/v3).

With it, you can manage your [Github](http://github.com) resources (repositories, user profiles, organizations, etc.) from Python scripts.

It covers the **full** API, and all methods are tested against the real Github site.

Should you have any question, or if you find a bug, or if there is something you can do with the API but not with PyGithub, please [open an issue](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues).

PyGithub is stable. I will maintain it up to date with the API, and fix bugs if any, but I don't plan new heavy developments.

What's new?
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[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jacquev6/PyGithub.png)](http://travis-ci.org/jacquev6/PyGithub)

[Version 1.9.1](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues?milestone=17&state=closed) (November 20th, 2012)
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* Fix an assertion failure when integers returned by Github do not fit in a Python `int`

[Version 1.9.0](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues?milestone=14&state=closed) (November 19th, 2012)
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* You can now use your client_id and client_secret to increase rate limiting without authentication
* You can now send a custom User-Agent
* PullRequest now has its 'assignee' attribute, thank you [mstead](https://github.com/mstead)
* Repository.edit now has 'default_branch' parameter
* create_repo has 'auto_init' and 'gitignore_template' parameters
* GistComment URL is changed (see http://developer.github.com/changes/2012-10-31-gist-comment-uris)
* A typo in the readme was fixed by [tymofij](https://github.com/tymofij), thank you
* Internal stuff:
    * Add encoding comment to Python files, thank you [Zearin](https://github.com/Zearin)
    * Restore support of Python 2.5
    * Restore coverage measurement in setup.py test
    * Small refactoring

Previous versions
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See [ChangeLog](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/blob/master/doc/ChangeLog.md).

Download and install
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This package is in the [Python Package Index](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyGithub), so `easy_install PyGithub` or `pip install PyGithub` should be enough.
You can also clone it on [Github](http://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub).

Tutorial
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First create a Github instance:

    from github import Github

    g = Github( "user", "password" )

Then play with your Github objects:

    for repo in g.get_user().get_repos():
        print repo.name
        repo.edit( has_wiki = False )

You can also create a Github instance with an OAuth token:

    g = Github( token )

Or without authentication:

    g = Github()

Reference documentation
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You need to use a Github API and wonder which class implements it? [Reference of APIs](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/blob/master/doc/ReferenceOfApis.md)

You want all the details about PyGithub classes? [Reference of classes](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/blob/master/doc/ReferenceOfClasses.md)

Licensing
=========

PyGithub is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence.
See files COPYING and COPYING.LESSER, as requested by [GNU](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html).

Projects using PyGithub
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([Open an issue](https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues) if you want to be listed here, I'll be glad to add your project)

* [Upverter](https://upverter.com) is a web-based schematic capture and PCB layout tool for people who design electronics. Designers can attach a Github project to an Upverter project.
* [Tratihubis](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tratihubis/) converts Trac tickets to Github issues
* https://github.com/CMB/cligh
* https://github.com/natduca/quickopen uses PyGithub to automaticaly create issues
* https://gist.github.com/3433798
* https://github.com/zsiciarz/aquila-dsp.org
* https://github.com/robcowie/virtualenvwrapper.github

They talk about PyGithub
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* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10625190/most-suitable-python-library-for-github-api-v3
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12379637/django-social-auth-github-authentication
* http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/py-pygithub/
* http://oddshocks.com/blog/2012/08/02/developing-charsheet/