Script that inform Github users of removal of a Github team. Modify for your organization and copy-paste the generated text into your favourite mail client!

inform_github_users.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests
import os
import pprint

def request(url):
    return requests.get(url, auth=('JensRantil', os.environ['APIKEY']), headers={"Accept": "application/vnd.github.hellcat-preview+json"})

teams = dict([(e['id'], e['name']) for e in request('https://api.github.com/orgs/tink-ab/teams').json()])
pprint.pprint(teams)
team = raw_input('Which team id to remove? ')
team = int(team)

repos = request('https://api.github.com/teams/{}/repos'.format(team)).json()
repos = [" * " + repo['full_name'] for repo in repos]
repos =  "\n".join(repos)

members = request('https://api.github.com/teams/{}/members'.format(team)).json()
members = [request(e['url']).json() for e in members]
members = [(e['name'], e['email'], e['login']) for e in members]
def email(e):
    if e[1]:
        return e[1]
    proposal = e[0].lower().replace(' ', '.') + "@tink.se" if e[0] else e[2]
    try:
        q = 'What is e-mail for "{}"? [{}] '.format(e[0], proposal)
        a = raw_input(q).strip()
    except:
        a = None
    if not a:
        return proposal
    return a
members = [email(m) for m in members]
pprint.pprint(members)

print
print "Recipients:", ", ".join(members)
print "Subject: Changes to tink-ab Github permissions"
print
print """Hello,

This is an automated e-mail.

I am writing to you to let you know that I might have removed write access to the following repositories:

{}

If you believe you have lost the access, please request the permission from your team lead.

Cheers,
Jens Rantil, Github admin at Tink""".format(repos)