GitHub Issues Scraper

A Python script that fetches issue details and associated comments from a specified GitHub repository and saves them to individual text files.

Features

• Fetches issue details such as number, title, URL, and body content.
• Extracts associated comments of each issue.
• Saves each issue's details in separate text files.
• Skips specific comment text based on defined criteria.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Libraries: requests, BeautifulSoup

You can install these libraries using pip:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME.git
cd YOUR_REPO_NAME

2. Update the repo_owner, repo_name, and token in the script with your desired repository details and personal access token. Ensure you have the necessary permissions to access the repository and its issues.

3. Update the PATH_TO_EXPORT_TXT_FILES in the writeTxt function to specify where the generated text files should be saved.

Usage

Run the script:

python script_name.py

Contribution

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT License

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You should replace placeholders like YOUR_USERNAME, YOUR_REPO_NAME, and script_name.py with actual values. Also, if you plan to add more features or require any other libraries in the future, make sure to update the README.md accordingly.