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+"""
+Retrives dependecy .lock files for Python, R, C++
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import time
+import pandas as pd
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from github import Github, GithubException, RateLimitExceededException
+
+# Get the directory of the current script
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+# Create the relative path to the .env file
+env_path = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', '..', '..','..', '.env')
+
+# Load the .env file
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path, override=True)
+
+# Get the GITHUB_TOKEN from the .env file
+token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+
+# Use the token to create a Github instance
+g = Github(token)
+
+def check_requirements(repository_url):
+    """
+    Check if requirements are made explicit in a GitHub repository.
+
+    Args:
+    - repository_url (str): The GitHub repository URL.
+
+    Returns:
+    - bool: True if requirements are found and explicit, False otherwise.
+    """
+    # Parse owner and repo from URL
+    url_parts = repository_url.rstrip('/').split('/')
+    owner = url_parts[-2]
+    repo = url_parts[-1]
+
+    try:
+        # Get repository details
+        repository = g.get_repo(f"{owner}/{repo}")
+
+        # Get the programming language of the repository
+        repository_language = repository.language
+
+        # Define the common .lock files
+        common_dependency_files = {
+            'Python': ['Pipfile.lock', 'poetry.lock', 'requirement.lock'],
+            'R': ['renv.lock', 'packrat.lock'],
+            'C++': ['vcpkg.lock', 'conan.lock', 'CMakeCache.txt']
+        }
+
+        # Check for each dependency file in the repository based on the language
+        if repository_language in common_dependency_files:
+            for dependency_file in common_dependency_files[repository_language]:
+                try:
+                    repository.get_contents(dependency_file)
+                    return True
+                except GithubException:
+                    continue
+        return False
+
+    except RateLimitExceededException:
+        # Handle the rate limit error and pause for 15 minutes
+        print("GitHub API rate limit exceeded. Sleeping for 15 minutes...")
+        time.sleep(15 * 60)  # Sleep for 15 minutes
+        return check_requirements(repository_url)  # Retry the same repository
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Failed to check requirements for {repository_url}: {str(e)}")
+        return None  # Return None if there's an error
+
+def is_github_url(url):
+    """
+    Check if a URL is a valid GitHub URL.
+    Args:
+    - url (str or None): The URL to check.
+
+    Returns:
+    - bool: True if the URL is a valid GitHub repository URL, False otherwise.
+    """
+    if isinstance(url, str):
+        return url.startswith("https://github.com/")
+    return False
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Create an ArgumentParser object
+    argument_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Check requirements of GitHub repositories listed in a CSV file.'
+    )
+
+    # Add command-line arguments
+    argument_parser.add_argument(
+        '--input',
+        type=str,
+        default='../collect_repositories/results/repositories_filtered.csv',
+        help='Input CSV file containing GitHub repository URLs'
+    )
+
+    argument_parser.add_argument(
+        '--output', 
+        type=str,
+        default='results/soft_dev_pract.csv',
+        help='Output CSV file to save results'
+    )
+
+    # Parse command-line arguments
+    command_line_arguments = argument_parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Read the input CSV file using pandas
+    input_data = pd.read_csv(command_line_arguments.input, sep=',')
+
+    # Add a new column for the results
+    input_data['dependency_config_files'] = ''
+
+    # Loop through each row of the DataFrame
+    for index, row in input_data.iterrows():
+        repo_url = row['html_url']
+
+        # Skip rows with missing or non-string GitHub URLs
+        if not is_github_url(repo_url):
+            print(f"Skipping invalid or non-GitHub URL: {repo_url}")
+            input_data.at[index, 'dependency_config_files'] = None  # Leave the field empty
+            continue
+
+        # Check requirements for each repository using 'repo_url'
+        result = check_requirements(repo_url)
+
+        # Set the result in the new column (leave as None if an error occurred)
+        input_data.at[index, 'requirements_defined'] = result
+
+    # Write the updated DataFrame to the output CSV file, keeping all original columns
+    input_data.to_csv(command_line_arguments.output, index=False)
+
+    print(f"Results saved to {command_line_arguments.output}")