contribart.rb

require 'date'
require 'octokit'
require './env.rb' if File.exists? './env.rb'

class Contribart

  attr_accessor :dates

  def initialize
    @client = Octokit::Client.new(:access_token => GH_TOKEN )
    @issues = Octokit.list_issues 'jshawl/contribart'
    @today = Date.today.to_s
    @dates = [
      "2014-07-22", "2014-07-23" ,"2014-07-24" ,"2014-07-26",
      "2014-07-29", "2014-07-31" ,"2014-08-02",
      "2014-08-05", "2014-08-06", "2014-08-07", "2014-08-08",
      "2014-08-19", "2014-08-21", "2014-08-22", "2014-08-23",
      "2014-09-03",
      "2014-09-09", "2014-09-10", "2014-09-11", "2014-09-12", "2014-09-13",
      "2014-09-17",
      "2014-10-04",
      "2014-10-14", "2014-10-15", "2014-10-16", "2014-10-18",
      "2014-10-21", "2014-10-23", "2014-10-25",
      "2014-10-28", "2014-10-29", "2014-10-30", "2014-10-31",
      "2014-11-13", "2014-11-14", "2014-11-15",
      "2014-11-20", "2014-11-22",
      "2014-11-25", "2014-11-26", "2014-11-27", "2014-11-28"
    ]
    if @dates.include?( @today )
      create_issues( 40 )
    else
      create_issues( 1 )
    end
  end

  def create_issues count
    1.upto(count) do | c |
      title = @today + " - " +c.to_s
      @client.create_issue("jshawl/contribart", title, '')
    end
  end

end

c = Contribart.new