Read json file from a private GitHub repository

read_github_json.py

import base64
import json
import requests

REPO_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/<USER>/<REPO>/contents/<PATH>/<TO>/<FILE>.json"
TOKEN = "<YOUR PAT OR OAUTH TOKEN>"

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"token {TOKEN}",
    "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v4+raw"
}

response = requests.get(REPO_URL, headers=headers)

if response and response.status_code == 200:
    binary_content = base64.b64decode(response.json()["content"])
    content = binary_content.decode("utf-8")
    json = json.loads(content)
    print(json)
else:
    print(response)