get your issues on!

github_issues.rb

require 'octokit'
class Github
  attr_accessor :cli, :user, :gh_user
  def initialize(user)
    @gh_user = user
    @cli = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: ENV["GH_KEY"])
    @user = @cli.user
    @user.login
  end

  # where repo is something like 'airbrake/airbrake'
  def issues(repo, label, acct=@gh_user)
    issues = @cli.issues "#{acct}/#{repo}", per_page: 100
    with_labels = issues.select {|i| i.labels.present? }
    with_labels.select {|i| i.labels.map{|l| l[:name]}.include?(label) }
  end
end

use with something like:

Github.new("mmcdaris")
# where mmcdaris is your github username
# snippet assumes that you have an env var exported named GH_KEY