Use github api to push commit

push-to-github-via-api.py

import base64
import requests
import json


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

    base64content = base64.b64encode(open(filename, "rb").read())

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

    if base64content.decode('utf-8')+"\n" != data['content']:
        message = json.dumps({"message":"update",
                              "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)
    else:
        print("nothing to update")

a_token = "1ef2d555aa341ebde90400"
a_filename = "foo.txt"
a_repo = "sunwei/test-test"
a_branch = "master"

push_to_github(a_filename, a_repo, a_branch, a_token)