Create a set of labels in every existing repository for a set of users

create_labels.py

import requests


# write permissions for issues and pull requests, read for metadata
TOKEN: str = "<your GH token>"

LABELS: set[tuple[str, str, str]] = {
    (
        "<your new label name>",
        "<your new label description>",
        "<your new label color>",
    )
}

USERS: str[str] = {"<your users>"}


def get_repos(
    token: str,
    users: set[str],
) -> set[str]:
    repos = set()
    for user in users:
        response = requests.get(
            url=f"https://api.github.com/users/{user}/repos",
            headers={
                "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
                "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
                "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
            },
        )
        for repo in response.json():
            repos.add(repo["full_name"])
    return repos


def create_labels(
    token: str,
    repos: set[str],
    labels: set[tuple[str, str, str]],
):
    for repo in repos:
        for name, description, color in labels:
            requests.post(
                url=f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/labels",
                headers={
                    "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
                    "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
                    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
                },
                json={
                    "name": name,
                    "description": description,
                    "color": color,
                },
            )


repos = get_repos(token=TOKEN, users=USERS)
print("Creating labels")
create_labels(token=TOKEN, repos=repos, labels=LABELS)
print("Finished to create labels")