Function add_release

Scripts/add-github-release.py:14–52

Creates a release on GitHub for the given arguments

(token, repo, tag, archive_path, notes)

import sys

def add_release(token, repo, tag, archive_path, notes):
    '''
    Creates a release on GitHub for the given arguments
    '''
    print('token: "{}", repo: "{}", tag: "{}", archive: "{}" notes: "{}"'.format('SECURE' if token else '', repo, tag, archive_path, notes))
    
    assert token, 'No API token given'
    assert repo, 'No repo given'
    assert '/' in repo, "Repo doesn't look like a valid GitHub repo (e.g. abbeycode/UnrarKit)"
    assert tag, 'No tag given'
    assert archive_path, 'No archive path given'
    assert notes, 'No notes given'

    is_beta = tag_is_beta(tag)

    url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/{}/releases'.format(repo)
    header = {
        'Authorization': 'token {}'.format(token)
    }
    values = {
        'tag_name': tag,
        'name': 'v{}'.format(tag),
        'body': notes,
        'prerelease': True if is_beta else False
    }
    
    data = json.dumps(values)
    request = urllib2.Request(url, data, header)
    response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
    the_page = response.read()
    
    response_dict = json.loads(the_page)
    upload_url = response_dict['upload_url']
    release_url = response_dict['url']
    
    upload_carthage_archive(token, upload_url, archive_path)

    print('Release added: {}'.format(release_url))
    return True

def tag_is_beta(tag):
    '''