github_watch.py

"""Set all repositories of a given GitHub organization name for a given user
to watching.
"""

import argparse
import json
import requests


def get_repos(url, repo_list=[]):
    req = requests.get(url)
    if (req.ok):
        repos = json.loads(req.text or req.content)
        repo_list += repos
        links = getattr(req, 'links', None)
        if links and 'next' in links and 'url' in links['next']:
            get_repos(links['next']['url'], repo_list=repo_list)
    return repo_list


def main(org_name, access_token):
    repo_url = 'https://api.github.com/orgs/{0}/repos?access_token={1}'.format(org_name, access_token)
    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}

    repo_list = get_repos(repo_url)

    for repo in repo_list:
        repo_name = repo['name']
        
        url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/{0}/{1}/subscription?access_token={2}'.format(
            org_name,
            repo_name,
            access_token
        )

        res = requests.put(
            url=url,
            data='{"subscribed": "1"}',
            headers=headers
        )
        
        print('status {0} | repo {1}'.format(
                res.status_code,
                repo_name
            ))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Watch/unwatch GitHub Repositories')  # noqa
    parser.add_argument('org_name',  type=str, help='GitHub organization name')
    parser.add_argument('access_token',  type=str, help='GitHub access token')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(**vars(args))

Added access token to be able to watch private repos.

Removed file writing stuff.