Python library: MechanicalSoup

Generate github token

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Modifed from
#   https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/blob/main/examples/example.py
#

import mechanicalsoup
import sys

username  = sys.argv[1]
password  = sys.argv[2]
tokenName = sys.argv[3]

browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser(
    soup_config  = {'features': 'lxml'},
    raise_on_404 = True,
    user_agent   = 'githubTokenGetter/0.1 (https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/development/languages/Python/libraries/MechanicalSoup)'
)

# browser.set_verbose(2)

browser.open("https://github.com")
browser.follow_link("login")

browser.select_form('#login form')
browser["login"   ] = username
browser["password"] = password

resp = browser.submit_selected()

# View 'current html' in browser:
# browser.launch_browser()

browser.follow_link('/settings/profile'   )
browser.follow_link('/settings/apps'      )
browser.follow_link('/settings/tokens$'   )  # note the $ - prevent clicking on /settings/tokens?…
browser.follow_link('/settings/tokens/new')

browser.select_form('#new_oauth_access')
browser['oauth_access[description]'] = tokenName
browser['oauth_access[scopes][]'   ] = (
  'repo',                              # Use tuple to select multiple check boxes
     'repo:status',
     'repo_deployment',
     'public_repo',
     'repo:invite',
     'security_events') 

resp = browser.submit_selected()
print('Generated token is: ' + resp.soup.find(id = 'new-oauth-token').get_text())

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