Script for fork_clone.py

Author: GayathriManeksha

scripts/fork_clone.py

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+# Fork and Clone by Python
+
+import argparse
+import requests
+import json
+import os
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Fork a repo')
+parser.add_argument('owner', type=str, help='Repository owner')
+parser.add_argument('repo', type=str, help='Repository name')
+parser.add_argument('token', type=str, help='GitHub API token')
+parser.add_argument('name',type=str,help='Enter name for forked repo')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Get the command-line arguments
+owner = args.owner
+repo = args.repo
+token = args.token
+name=args.name
+
+# Set the GitHub API endpoint for forking a repo
+url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks"
+
+# Set the headers with the API token for authentication
+headers = {
+    'Authorization': f'token {token}',
+    'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+}
+
+# Set the fork repo name
+data = {
+    "name":name
+}
+
+# Send a POST request to fork
+response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
+
+# Check the response status code
+if response.ok:
+    # Forked successfully
+    fork_data = response.json()
+    print("Forked successfully!")
+    print(fork_data.get('clone_url'))
+else:
+    # Fork failed
+    error_message = response.json().get('message', 'Unknown error')
+    error_status = response.status_code
+    error_response = json.dumps(response.json(), indent=4)
+    print(f"Failed to fork a repo. Error status: {error_status}")
+    print(f"Error message: {error_message}")
+    print("Error response:")
+    print(error_response)
+
+#Code to Clone
+try:
+    cmd = "git clone {}".format(fork_data.get('clone_url'))
+    print("Starting to clone {}".format(fork_data.get('clone_url')))
+    print("Running command '{}'".format(cmd))
+    os.system(cmd)
+    print("Finshed cloning {}".format(fork_data.get('clone_url')))
+    print("#####################################")
+    print("")
+    print("Thank you!")
+except:
+    print("Error cloning")
+# Forked and cloned successfully