Can I post a .json file on github using python requests? - json

Question

So, here goes the line I'm trying to use:
r= requests.post('https://github.com/Gevez/gameficacao/upload/master', auth=HTTPBasicAuth('user', 'pass'), data='data.json')
The server returns a 403 code, even if I put the credentials correctly. Now I want to know if I'm doing it the wrong way or if github doesn't allow me to do it.

Answer 1

You can use Github create repo content API for creating a file on your repository via the API :
PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/:path
You would need to create a personal access token first. For example :
import requests
import base64
token = "YOUR_TOKEN"
repo = 'bertrandmartel/test-repo'
path = 'data.json'
data = open("data.json", "r").read()
r = requests.put(
f'https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/contents/{path}',
headers = {
'Authorization': f'Token {token}'
},
json = {
"message": "add new file",
"content": base64.b64encode(data.encode()).decode(),
"branch": "master"
}
)
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())
You can also use PyGithub library :
from github import Github
token = "YOUR_TOKEN"
repo = "bertrandmartel/test-repo"
path = "data.json"
# if using username and password
#g = Github("user", "password")
g = Github(token)
data = open("data.json", "r").read()
repo = g.get_repo(repo)
repo.create_file(
path = path,
message = "add new file",
content = data,
branch = "master"
)