Create Github PR

create_pull_request.py

def create_pull_request(owner: str, repo: str, token: str, branch_name: str, new_branch: str, base: str) -> str:
    """Create a PR for the new branch, return the PR number"""

    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/pulls".format(owner, repo)
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "token {}".format(token),
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    payload = {
        "head": new_branch,
        "base": base,
        "title": branch_name,
        "body": "Commented out files not found in locations.data-ops.json that\n1. may due to a naming convention change\n2. someone forgot to remove them from the table"
    }
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
        pr_url = json.loads(response.content)["html_url"]
        logging.info("Pull request created: {}".format(pr_url))
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error(e)

    return pr_url.split("/")[-1]