backup-github-issues.py

import requests
import simplejson as json

# instructions on token start at https://developer.github.com/v3/?#authentication
# and end at https://github.com/settings/tokens
headers = {"Authorization": "token <token>"}

base_url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/<username>/<repo>'

def run_query(url):
    request = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    if request.status_code == 200:
        return request.json()
    else:
        raise Exception("Query failed to run by returning code of {}. {}".format(request.status_code, query))

def write_api(api):
    with open('<repo>' + api.replace('/', '-') + '.json', 'w') as outfile:
        json.dump(
            run_query(base_url + api),
            outfile,
            indent=4 * ' ',
            sort_keys=True
            )

if __name__ == '__main__':
    write_api('/issues')
    write_api('/issues/comments')