There is a RESTFul API for GitHub.

For example, this page documents how to manage labels using the GitHub Restful API:

• https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/labels#create-a-label

Using the GitHub CLI to access the RESTFul API

One easy way to access the GitHub API is through the GitHub CLI

• See here for some basic documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/quickstart

A simple example:

• Use gh auth login to login
• Use gh api repos/ucsb-cs156-f22/f22-5pm-courses to list information about the repo https://github.com/ucsb-cs156-f22/f22-5pm-courses

Java Packages for the GitHub API

jcabi.com

kohsuke.org

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