Does PyGithub have a way to make conditional calls?

Question

I notice that the GitHub API has an eTag which can be used to return changes since the tag. github3.py has a way to do this, but I prefer PyGithub because it feels more intuitive.

Does this feature exist? If not, is there another recommended library?

Answer 1

Not right now, unfortunately. EDIT: I could be wrong. Looks like Add Conditional Request and Data Persistence Support Alternative Solution by akfish · Pull Request #193 · PyGithub/PyGithub might have added it.

Here are some related issues for that project. Looks like they are looking for contributors. There's only 3 folks in https://github.com/orgs/PyGithub/people as of Mar 2018.

• https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub/issues/26
• https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub/issues/282
• https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub/issues/536

More generally, Caching Github API calls might be helpful to roll your own or use for implementing inside PyGithub.