create_git_branch

create_branch.py

 def create_branch(owner: str, repo: str, token: str, base: str, new_branch: str) -> None:
    """Create a new branch"""

    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/git/refs".format(owner, repo)
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "token {}".format(token),
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    try:
        get_response = requests.get(url+"/heads/"+base, headers=headers)
        sha = json.loads(get_response.content)["object"]["sha"]
        payload = {
            "ref": "refs/heads/"+new_branch,
            "sha": sha
        }
        requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
        logging.info("New branch {} created".format(new_branch))
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error(e)