Python code to commit to GitHub

github_commit.py

import base64
import json
import time
import requests
import os

def push_to_github(filename, repo, branch, token):
    url="https://api.github.com/repos/" + repo + "/contents/" + filename

    fileContents = """Last timestamp: """
    fileContents = fileContents + str(time.time())

    base64content=base64.b64encode(fileContents.encode('utf-8'))

    data = requests.get(url+'?ref='+branch, headers = {"Authorization": "token "+token}).json()
    sha = data['sha']

    message = json.dumps({"message":"autoupdate",
                        "branch": branch,
                        "content": base64content.decode("utf-8") ,
                        "sha": sha
                        })

    resp = requests.put(url, data = message, headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "token " + token})

    print(resp)

token = os.environ['GH_TOKEN']
filename = os.environ['REPO_FILENAME']
repo = os.environ['GH_REPOSITORY']
branch = os.environ['GH_BRANCH']

push_to_github(filename, repo, branch, token)