gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import sys
import json

project_map = {
  "plex-home-theater": ("plexinc/plex-home-theater", 2)
}
github_token = ""

if __name__ == "__main__":
  project = sys.argv[1]
  releaseversion = sys.argv[2]
  githashshort = releaseversion[releaseversion.rfind('-') + 1:]

  r = requests.get("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/commits/%s" % (project_map[project][0], githashshort), auth=(github_token, "x-oauth-basic"))
  commitdata = r.json()

  if not "sha" in commitdata:
    print "COULD NOT FIND COMMIT %s/%s ON GITHUB" % (project_map[project][0], githashshort)
    sys.exit(0)

  githash = commitdata["sha"]
  print "Full hash is", githash

  data = {
    "tag_name": "v%s" % releaseversion,
    "target_commitish": githash,
    "name": "v%s" % releaseversion,
    "body": "notes goes here",
    "draft": False,
    "prerelease": False
  }

  jsondata = json.dumps(data)
  r = requests.post("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases" % project_map[project][0], auth=(github_token, "x-oauth-basic"), data=jsondata)
  print r.text