Method createGithubLabel

bridge/github/export.go:522–576

create a new label and return it github id NOTE: since createLabel mutation is still in preview mode we use github api v3 to create labels see https://developer.github.com/v4/mutation/createlabel/ and https://developer.github.com/v4/previews/#labels-preview

(ctx context.Context, label, color string)

// NOTE: since createLabel mutation is still in preview mode we use github api v3 to create labels
// see https://developer.github.com/v4/mutation/createlabel/ and https://developer.github.com/v4/previews/#labels-preview
func (ge *githubExporter) createGithubLabel(ctx context.Context, label, color string) (string, error) {
	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/labels", githubV3Url, ge.conf[confKeyOwner], ge.conf[confKeyProject])
	client := &http.Client{}

	params := struct {
		Name        string `json:"name"`
		Color       string `json:"color"`
		Description string `json:"description"`
	}{
		Name:  label,
		Color: color,
	}

	data, err := json.Marshal(params)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultTimeout)
	defer cancel()
	req = req.WithContext(ctx)

	// need the token for private repositories
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("token %s", ge.defaultToken.Value))

	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("error creating label: response status %v", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	aux := struct {
		ID     int    `json:"id"`
		NodeID string `json:"node_id"`
		Color  string `json:"color"`
	}{}

	data, _ = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &aux)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return aux.NodeID, nil
}

/**
// create github label using api v4