Bulk Give Admin Permissions to Student Repositories on Github

bulk_give_admin.js

(function(){
    const token = "GITHUB_TOKEN";  // replace with your GitHub token
    const BASE_URL = "https://api.github.com";
    const ORG_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_ORG_NAME";
    const REPO_BASE_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_REPO_STARTER_";
    
    const repos = [
        // Put your student names here, as a list of strings.
        // You can easily get a list of submitted students from the Download->Download Grades button on github classroom.
    ];

    // GitHub API version and token
    const githubApiVersion = "2022-11-28";

    // Fetch the list of collaborators and assign "admin" permissions
    async function setAdminPermissions(studentName) {
        const repoUrl = `${BASE_URL}/repos/${ORG_NAME}/${REPO_BASE_NAME}${studentName}`;
        const collaboratorsUrl = `${repoUrl}/collaborators`;
        try {
            
            // Get the list of collaborators
            const collaboratorsResponse = await fetch(collaboratorsUrl, {
                headers: {
                    Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
                    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": githubApiVersion
                }
            });
            
            if (!collaboratorsResponse.ok) {
              throw new Error(`Error fetching collaborators for ${studentName}: ${collaboratorsResponse.statusText}`);
            }
        
            const collaborators = await collaboratorsResponse.json();
        
            const collaboratorUsername = studentName;
            const permissionUrl = `${collaboratorsUrl}/${collaboratorUsername}`;
      
            // Set permission to 'admin'
            const setPermissionResponse = await fetch(permissionUrl, {
                method: 'PUT',
                headers: {
                  Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
                      "X-GitHub-Api-Version": githubApiVersion,
                      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
                },
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    permission: 'admin'
                })
            });
      
            if (!setPermissionResponse.ok) {
                throw new Error(`Error setting admin permissions for ${collaboratorUsername} in ${studentName}: ${setPermissionResponse.statusText}`);
            }

            console.log(`Successfully set admin permission for ${collaboratorUsername} in ${studentName}`);
        } catch (error) {
            console.error(`Error processing ${repoUrl}: ${error.message}`);
        }
    }
    
    // Iterate over all repositories and set admin permissions for collaborators
    (async () => {
        for (const studentName of repos) {
            await setAdminPermissions(studentName);
        }
    })();
})()