Write script to repost github issues on lemmy

To modify the script to keep checking for new issues every couple of hours and avoid creating duplicate posts, you can use the schedule library[1] to run the script periodically and maintain a record of posted issues to prevent duplicates.

First, install the schedule library:

pip install schedule

Then, update the script as follows:

import requests
from pythorhead import Lemmy
import schedule
import time

GITHUB_API_BASE = "https://api.github.com"
LEMMY_URL = "https://lemm.ee"
LEMMY_USERNAME = "your_username"
LEMMY_PASSWORD = "your_password"
REPOSITORIES = [
    "LemmyNet/lemmy",
    "LemmyNet/lemmy-ui"
]

posted_issues = set()

def fetch_github_issues(repo):
    url = f"{GITHUB_API_BASE}/repos/{repo}/issues"
    headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    return response.json()

def initialize_lemmy_instance():
    lemmy = Lemmy(LEMMY_URL)
    lemmy.log_in(LEMMY_USERNAME, LEMMY_PASSWORD)
    return lemmy

def discover_community(lemmy, community_name):
    return lemmy.discover_community(community_name)

def extract_issue_info(issue, repo):
    issue_url = issue["html_url"]
    issue_title = f"[{repo.split('/')[1]}][{issue['title']}] #{issue['number']}"
    issue_body = issue["body"]
    return issue_url, issue_title, issue_body

def post_issues_to_lemmy(lemmy, community_id, repo):
    issues = fetch_github_issues(repo)
    for issue in issues:
        issue_url, issue_title, issue_body = extract_issue_info(issue, repo)
        if issue_url not in posted_issues:
            lemmy.post.create(community_id, issue_title, url=issue_url, body=issue_body)
            posted_issues.add(issue_url)

def main():
    lemmy = initialize_lemmy_instance()
    community_id = discover_community(lemmy, "issue_tracker")
    for repo in REPOSITORIES:
        post_issues_to_lemmy(lemmy, community_id, repo)

def run_periodically():
    schedule.every(2).hours.do(main)

    while True:
        schedule.run_pending()
        time.sleep(60)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_periodically()

This updated script uses the schedule library to run the main() function every 2 hours. It also maintains a posted_issues set to keep track of the posted issues and prevent duplicates. When posting issues, the script checks if the issue URL is not in the posted_issues set before posting it to Lemmy and adding it to the set.

Citations: [1] https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-schedule-library/ [2] https://www.trainingint.com/how-to-find-duplicates-in-a-python-list.html [3] https://schedule.readthedocs.io [4] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1541797/how-do-i-check-if-there-are-duplicates-in-a-flat-list [5] https://medium.com/@timothymugayi/7-ways-to-execute-scheduled-jobs-with-python-47d481d22b91 [6] https://note.nkmk.me/en/python-list-duplicate-check/ [7] https://plainenglish.io/blog/5-ways-to-schedule-jobs-in-python-99de8a80f28e [8] https://www.educative.io/answers/how-to-find-duplicates-from-a-list-in-python [9] https://youtube.com/watch?v=yDPQfj4bZY8 [10] https://thispointer.com/python-3-ways-to-check-if-there-are-duplicates-in-a-list/ [11] https://youtube.com/watch?v=FCPBG6NqMmQ [12] https://blog.finxter.com/5-best-ways-to-check-a-list-for-duplicates-in-python/ [13] https://docs.python.org/3/library/sched.html [14] https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/check-if-a-list-has-duplicate-elements [15] https://www.airplane.dev/blog/using-python-scheduler-to-schedule-asynchronous-tasks [16] https://datagy.io/python-list-duplicates/ [17] https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-program-print-duplicates-list-integers/