create-gh-release.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys, json
from os.path import expanduser
from _py2with3compatibility import Request, urlopen
from cms_static import GH_CMSSW_ORGANIZATION, GH_CMSSW_REPO

GH_TOKEN = open(expanduser("~/.github-token")).read().strip()
release_name = sys.argv[1]
branch = sys.argv[2]
print("Creating release:\n %s based on %s" % (release_name, branch))

# creating releases will be available in the next version of pyGithub
params = {
    "tag_name": release_name,
    "target_commitish": branch,
    "name": release_name,
    "body": "cms-bot is going to build this release",
    "draft": False,
    "prerelease": False,
}

request = Request(
    "https://api.github.com/repos/" + GH_CMSSW_ORGANIZATION + "/" + GH_CMSSW_REPO + "/releases",
    headers={"Authorization": "token " + GH_TOKEN},
)
request.get_method = lambda: "POST"
print("--")
try:
    print(urlopen(request, json.dumps(params).encode()).read())
    print("OK release", release_name, "created")
except Exception as e:
    print("There was an error while creating the release:\n", e)