GitHub Get File SHA

get_file_sha.py

def get_file_sha(owner: str, repo: str, token: str, path: str) -> str:
    """Return the file's SHA for updating the file"""

    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}/contents/{}".format(owner, repo, path)
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "token {}".format(token),
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    try:
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
        sha = json.loads(response.content)["sha"]
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error(e)
        sys.exit(1)
    
    return sha