A GitHub API client library written in POSIX sh

Requirements

A POSIX environment (tested against Busybox v1.19.4)
curl (tested against 7.32.0)

Optional requirements

jq http://stedolan.github.io/jq/ (tested against 1.3) If jq is not installed commands will output raw JSON; if jq is installed the output will be formatted and filtered for use with other shell tools.

Setup

Authentication credentials are read from a ~/.netrc file. Generate the token on GitHub under "Account Settings -> Applications". Restrict permissions on that file with chmod 600 ~/.netrc!

machine api.github.com
    login <username>
    password <token>

machine uploads.github.com
    login <username>
    password <token>

Configuration

The following environment variables may be set to customize ok.sh.

OK_SH_URL=https://api.github.com Base URL for GitHub or GitHub Enterprise.
OK_SH_ACCEPT=application/vnd.github.v3+json The 'Accept' header to send with each request.
OK_SH_JQ_BIN=jq The name of the jq binary, if installed.
OK_SH_VERBOSE=0 The debug logging verbosity level. Same as the verbose flag.
OK_SH_RATE_LIMIT=0 Output current GitHub rate limit information to stderr.
OK_SH_DESTRUCTIVE=0 Allow destructive operations without prompting for confirmation.
OK_SH_MARKDOWN=1 Output some text in Markdown format.

Usage

ok.sh [<flags>] (command [<arg>, <name=value>...])

  ok.sh -h              # Short, usage help text.
  ok.sh help            # All help text. Warning: long!
  ok.sh help command    # Command-specific help text.
  ok.sh command         # Run a command with and without args.
  ok.sh command foo bar baz=Baz qux='Qux arg here'

Flag	Description
-V	Show version.
-h	Show this screen.
-j	Output raw JSON; don't process with jq.
-q	Quiet; don't print to stdout.
-r	Print current GitHub API rate limit to stderr.
-v	Logging output; specify multiple times: info, debug, trace.
-x	Enable xtrace debug logging.
-y	Answer 'yes' to any prompts.

Flags must be the first argument to ok.sh, before command.

Utility and request/response commands

_all_funcs
_log
_helptext
_format_json
_format_urlencode
_filter_json
_get_mime_type
_get_confirm
_opts_filter
_opts_pagination
_opts_qs
_request
_response
_get
_post
_delete

GitHub commands

help
show_scopes
org_repos
org_teams
org_members
list_repos
create_repo
delete_repo
fork_repo
list_releases
release
create_release
delete_release
release_assets
upload_asset
list_milestones
create_milestone
list_issues
user_issues
org_issues
labels
add_label
update_label
add_team_repo

Commands

_all_funcs

List all functions found in the current file in the order they appear

Keyword arguments

public : 1

0 do not output public functions.
private : 1

0 do not output private functions.

_log

A lightweight logging system based on file descriptors

Usage:

_log debug 'Starting the combobulator!'

Positional arguments

level : $1

The level for a given log message. (info or debug)
message : $2

The log message.

_helptext

Extract contiguous lines of comments and function params as help text

Indentation will be ignored. She-bangs will be ignored. Local variable declarations and their default values can also be pulled in as documentation. Exits upon encountering the first blank line.

Exported environment variables can be used for string interpolation in the extracted commented text.

Input

(stdin) The text of a function body to parse.

_format_json

Create formatted JSON from name=value pairs

Usage:

_format_json foo=Foo bar=123 baz=true qux=Qux=Qux quux='Multi-line
string'

Return:

{"bar":123,"qux":"Qux=Qux","foo":"Foo","quux":"Multi-line\nstring","baz":true}

Tries not to quote numbers and booleans. If jq is installed it will also validate the output.

Positional arguments

$1 - $9 Each positional arg must be in the format of name=value which will be added to a single, flat JSON object.

_format_urlencode

URL encode and join name=value pairs

Usage:

_format_urlencode foo='Foo Foo' bar='<Bar>&/Bar/'

Return:

foo=Foo%20Foo&bar=%3CBar%3E%26%2FBar%2F

Ignores pairs if the value begins with an underscore.

_filter_json

Filter JSON input using jq; outputs raw JSON if jq is not installed

Usage:

printf '[{"foo": "One"}, {"foo": "Two"}]' | \
    ok.sh _filter_json '.[] | "\(.foo)"'

(stdin) JSON input.
_filter : "$1"

A string of jq filters to apply to the input stream.

_get_mime_type

Guess the mime type for a file based on the file extension

Usage:

local mime_type
_get_mime_type "foo.tar"; printf 'mime is: %s' "$mime_type"

Sets the global variable mime_type with the result. (If this function is called from within a function that has declared a local variable of that name it will update the local copy and not set a global.)

Positional arguments

filename : $1

The full name of the file, with extension.

_get_confirm

Prompt the user for confirmation

Usage:

local confirm; _get_confirm
[ "$confirm" -eq 1 ] && printf 'Good to go!\n'

If global confirmation is set via $OK_SH_DESTRUCTIVE then the user is not prompted. Assigns the user's confirmation to the confirm global variable. (If this function is called within a function that has a local variable of that name, the local variable will be updated instead.)

Positional arguments

message : $1

The message to prompt the user with.

_opts_filter

Extract common jq filter keyword options and assign to vars

Usage:

  local filter
  _opts_filter "$@"

_opts_pagination

Extract common pagination keyword options and assign to vars

Usage:

  local _follow_next
  _opts_pagination "$@"

_opts_qs

Extract common query string keyword options and assign to vars

Usage:

  local qs
  _opts_qs "$@"
  _get "/some/path"

_request

A wrapper around making HTTP requests with curl

Usage:

# Get JSON for all issues:
_request /repos/saltstack/salt/issues

# Send a POST request; parse response using jq:
printf '{"title": "%s", "body": "%s"}\n' "Stuff" "Things" \
  | _request /some/path | jq -r '.[url]'

# Send a PUT request; parse response using jq:
printf '{"title": "%s", "body": "%s"}\n' "Stuff" "Things" \
  | _request /repos/:owner/:repo/issues method=PUT | jq -r '.[url]'

# Send a conditional-GET request:
_request /users etag=edd3a0d38d8c329d3ccc6575f17a76bb

Input

(stdin) Data that will be used as the request body.

Positional arguments

path : $1

The URL path for the HTTP request. Must be an absolute path that starts with a / or a full URL that starts with http(s). Absolute paths will be append to the value in $OK_SH_URL.

Keyword arguments

method : 'GET'

The method to use for the HTTP request.
content_type : 'application/json'

The value of the Content-Type header to use for the request.
: etag

An optional Etag to send as the If-None-Match header.

_response

Process an HTTP response from curl

Output only headers of interest followed by the response body. Additional processing is performed on select headers to make them easier to parse using shell tools.

Usage:

# Send a request; output the response and only select response headers:
_request /some/path | _response status_code ETag Link_next

# Make request using curl; output response with select response headers;
# assign response headers to local variables:
curl -isS example.com/some/path | _response status_code status_text | {
  local status_code status_text
  read -r status_code
  read -r status_text
}

Header reformatting

HTTP Status

The HTTP line is split into separate http_version, status_code, and status_text variables.
ETag

The surrounding quotes are removed.
Link

Each URL in the Link header is expanded with the URL type appended to the name. E.g., Link_first, Link_last, Link_next.

Positional arguments

$1 - $9

Each positional arg is the name of an HTTP header. Each header value is output in the same order as each argument; each on a single line. A blank line is output for headers that cannot be found.

_get

A wrapper around _request() for common GET patterns

Will automatically follow 'next' pagination URLs in the Link header.

Usage:

_get /some/path
_get /some/path _follow_next=0
_get /some/path _follow_next_limit=200 | jq -c .

Positional arguments

path : $1

The HTTP path or URL to pass to _request().

Keyword arguments

_follow_next=1 Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs. _follow_next_limit=50 Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_post

A wrapper around _request() for commoon POST / PUT patterns

Usage:

_format_json foo=Foo bar=Bar | _post /some/path
_format_json foo=Foo bar=Bar | _post /some/path method='PUT'
_post /some/path filename=somearchive.tar
_post /some/path filename=somearchive.tar mime_type=application/x-tar
_post /some/path filename=somearchive.tar \
  mime_type=$(file -b --mime-type somearchive.tar)

Input

(stdin) Optional. See the filename argument also. Data that will be used as the request body.

Positional arguments

path : $1

The HTTP path or URL to pass to _request().

Keyword arguments

method : 'POST'

The method to use for the HTTP request.
: filename

Optional. See the stdin option above also. Takes precedence over any data passed as stdin and loads a file off the file system to serve as the request body.

: mime_type

The value of the Content-Type header to use for the request. If the filename argument is given this value will be guessed from the file extension. If the filename argument is not given (i.e., using stdin) this value defaults to application/json. Specifying this argument overrides all other defaults or guesses.

_delete

A wrapper around _request() for common DELETE patterns

Usage:

_delete '/some/url'

Return: 0 for success; 1 for failure.

Positional arguments

url : $1

The URL to send the DELETE request to.

help

Output the help text for a command

Usage:

help commandname

Positional arguments

fname : "$1"

Function name to search for; if omitted searches whole file.

show_scopes

Show the permission scopes for the currently authenticated user

Usage:

show_scopes

org_repos

List organization repositories

Usage:

org_repos myorg
org_repos myorg type=private per_page=10
org_repos myorg _filter='.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.owner.login)"'

Positional arguments

org : $1

Organization GitHub login or id for which to list repos.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.ssh_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

Querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, type

org_teams

List teams

Usage:

org_teams org

Positional arguments

org : $1

Organization GitHub login or id.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.id)\t\(.permission)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

org_members

List organization members

Usage:

org_members org

Positional arguments

org : $1

Organization GitHub login or id.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.login)\t\(.id)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

list_repos

List user repositories

Usage:

list_repos
list_repos user

Positional arguments

user : "$1"

Optional GitHub user login or id for which to list repos.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.html_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

Querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, type, sort, direction

create_repo

Create a repository for a user or organization

Usage:

create_repo foo
create_repo bar description='Stuff and things' homepage='example.com'
create_repo baz organization=myorg

Positional arguments

name : $1

Name of the new repo

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.html_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

POST data may also be passed as keyword arguments: description, homepage, private, has_issues, has_wiki, has_downloads, organization, team_id, auto_init, gitignore_template

delete_repo

Create a repository for a user or organization

Usage:

delete_repo owner repo

The currently authenticated user must have the delete_repo scope. View current scopes with the show_scopes() function.

Positional arguments

owner : $1

Name of the new repo
repo : $2

Name of the new repo

fork_repo

Fork a repository from a user or organization to own account

Usage:

fork_repo owner repo

Positional arguments

owner : $1

Name of existing user or organization
repo : $2

Name of the existing repo

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.clone_url)\t\(.ssh_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

list_releases

List releases for a repository

Usage:

list_releases org repo '\(.assets[0].name)\t\(.name.id)'

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.id)\t\(.html_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

release

Get a release

Usage:

release user repo 1087855

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.
release_id : $3

The unique ID of the release; see list_releases.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.author.login)\t\(.published_at)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

create_release

Create a release

Usage:

create_release org repo v1.2.3
create_release user repo v3.2.1 draft=true

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.
tag_name : $3

Git tag from which to create release.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.name)\t\(.id)\t\(.html_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

POST data may also be passed as keyword arguments: body, draft, name, prerelease, target_commitish

delete_release

Delete a release

Usage:

delete_release org repo 1087855

Return: 0 for success; 1 for failure.

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.
release_id : $3

The unique ID of the release; see list_releases.

release_assets

List release assets

Usage:

release_assets user repo 1087855

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.
release_id : $3

The unique ID of the release; see list_releases.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '.[] | "\(.id)\t\(.name)\t\(.updated_at)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

upload_asset

Upload a release asset

Note, this command requires jq to find the release upload_url.

Usage:

upload_asset username reponame 1087938 \
    foo.tar application/x-tar < foo.tar

(stdin) The contents of the file to upload.

Positional arguments

owner : $1

A GitHub user or organization.
repo : $2

A GitHub repository.
release_id : $3

The unique ID of the release; see list_releases.
name : $4

The file name of the asset.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.state)\t\(.browser_download_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

list_milestones

List milestones for a repository

Usage:

  list_milestones someuser/somerepo
  list_milestones someuser/somerepo state=closed

Positional arguments

repository : $1

A GitHub repository.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.open_issues)/\(.closed_issues)\t\(.title)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

GitHub querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, state, sort, direction

create_milestone

Create a milestone for a repository

Usage:

  create_milestone someuser/somerepo MyMilestone

  create_milestone someuser/somerepo MyMilestone \
      due_on=2015-06-16T16:54:00Z \
      description='Long description here
  that spans multiple lines.'

Positional arguments

repo : $1

A GitHub repository.
title : $2

A unique title.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.number)\t\(.html_url)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

Milestone options may also be passed as keyword arguments: state, description, due_on

list_issues

List issues for the authenticated user or repository

Usage:

  list_issues
  list_issues someuser/somerepo
  list_issues someuser/somerepo state=closed labels=foo,bar

Positional arguments

repository : "$1"

A GitHub repository.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

GitHub querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, milestone, state, assignee, creator, mentioned, labels, sort, direction, since

user_issues

List all issues across owned and member repositories for the authenticated user

Usage:

  user_issues
  user_issues since=2015-60-11T00:09:00Z

Positional arguments

repository : "$1"

A GitHub repository.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

GitHub querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, filter, state, labels, sort, direction, since

org_issues

List all issues for a given organization for the authenticated user

Usage:

  org_issues someorg

Positional arguments

org : $1

Organization GitHub login or id.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

GitHub querystring arguments may also be passed as keyword arguments: per_page, filter, state, labels, sort, direction, since

labels

List available labels for a repository

Usage:

  labels someuser/somerepo

Positional arguments

repo : "$1"

A GitHub repository.

Keyword arguments

: _follow_next

Automatically look for a 'Links' header and follow any 'next' URLs.

: _follow_next_limit

Maximum number of 'next' URLs to follow before stopping.

_filter : '.[] | "\(.name)\t\(.color)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

add_label

Add a label to a repository

Usage: add_label someuser/somereapo LabelName color

Positional arguments

repo : $1

A GitHub repository.
label : $2

A new label.
color : $3

A color, in hex, without the leading #.

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.name)\t\(.color)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

update_label

Update a label

Usage: update_label someuser/somereapo OldLabelName
label=NewLabel color=newcolor

Positional arguments

repo : $1

A GitHub repository.
label : $2

The name of the label which will be updated

Keyword arguments

_filter : '"\(.name)\t\(.color)"'

A jq filter to apply to the return data.

Label options may also be passed as keyword arguments, these will update the existing values: name, color

add_team_repo

Add a team repository

Usage:

add_team_repo team_id organization repository_name permission

Positional arguments

team_id : $1

Team id to add repository to
organization : $2

Organization to add repository to
repository_name : $3

Repository name to add
permission : $4

Permission to grant: pull, push, admin
url : "/teams/$team_id}/repos/${organization}/${repository_name}"

varadhanr/ok.sh

A GitHub API client library written in POSIX sh

Requirements

Optional requirements

Setup

Configuration

Usage

Table of Contents

Utility and request/response commands

GitHub commands

Commands

_all_funcs

_log

_helptext

_format_json

_format_urlencode

_filter_json

_get_mime_type

_get_confirm

_opts_filter

_opts_pagination

_opts_qs

_request

_response

_get

_post

_delete

help

show_scopes

org_repos

org_teams

org_members

list_repos

create_repo

delete_repo

fork_repo

list_releases

release

create_release

delete_release

release_assets

upload_asset

list_milestones

create_milestone

list_issues

user_issues

org_issues

labels

add_label

update_label

add_team_repo