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Get github username through primary email

I'm using the PyGithub library to invite new member to the organization. The issue I faced is the next: In the scenario, when I know only users primary email, how can I retrieve his username to proceed invite accordingly? I know it is possible through UI, but can't find the corresponding call through API. Please, assist!

Solution

  • PyGithub API

    Refer to search_users.

    search_users(query, sort=NotSet, order=NotSet, **qualifiers)

    • query – string
    • sort – string (‘followers’, ‘repositories’, ‘joined’)
    • order – string (‘asc’, ‘desc’)
    • qualifiers – keyword dict query qualifiers

    For example, 

    g = github.Github("USERNAME", "PASSWORD")
users = g.search_users("franky in:email")
for user in users:
    print(user.login)  # print the selected users' username.

    GitHub API

    According to GitHub API Search users, you can specify only searching by public email using keyword in.

    For example,

    https://api.github.com/search/users?q=franky+in:email

    Then, you'll only get users with "franky" in there emails.