Managing Your Codebase with the GitHub API in Python

Get hands-on with GitHub APIs in Python. Learn to manage repositories, branches, and commits. Build a demo app integrated with GitHub. Confidently build in-demand skills.

14 Lessons

1h 30min

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Develop a deep understanding of the GitHub REST APIs.
Get a working knowledge of GitHub’s repository architecture and branches.
Learn to make commits and pull requests using GitHub APIs.
Learn to search, deploy, and release code on GitHub using the API.
Get hands-on experience with integrating the GitHub API into a Django application.

Learning Roadmap

14 Lessons

Introduction

Get familiar with using GitHub API to manage repositories, authenticate requests, and handle interactions.

Course Overview

Introduction to the GitHub REST API

Authentication

Code Management

Get started with managing repositories, branches, commits, and leveraging search in GitHub API.

Repositories

Branches

Commits

Collaboration

3 Lessons

Collaborate in GitHub using collaborators, pull requests, and projects for efficient workflow management.

Deployment

2 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of managing deployments and releases within GitHub using Python.

APIs Integration in Django

Solve problems in integrating the GitHub API with Django for repository management.

Demo Application

Conclusion

Focus on foundational GitHub REST API knowledge and encourage community feedback.

Wrap Up!

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Developed by MAANG Engineers

Every Educative lesson is designed by a team of ex-MAANG software engineers and PhD computer science educators, and developed in consultation with developers and data scientists working at Meta, Google, and more. Our mission is to get you hands-on with the necessary skills to stay ahead in a constantly changing industry. No video, no fluff. Just interactive, project-based learning with personalized feedback that adapts to your goals and experience.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

GitHub is one of the most popular code management platforms for software engineers. Developers can use Git to create and edit both personal and shared repositories, control access, and fork projects into various branches. These changes are approved by collaborators and merged back into the main branch before a final release. This course will walk you through various GitHub APIs and their endpoints. You’ll be introduced to authentication and integration with a GitHub developer account to leverage the APIs to manage your code. Next, you’ll learn to manage repositories, branches, commits, projects, collaborators, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to build a demo application integrated with GitHub APIs.

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