search_github_repositories.py

import github
import base64

def print_repo(repo):
    # repository full name
    print("Full name:", repo.full_name)
    # repository description
    print("Description:", repo.description)
    # the date of when the repo was created
    print("Date created:", repo.created_at)
    # the date of the last git push
    print("Date of last push:", repo.pushed_at)
    # home website (if available)
    print("Home Page:", repo.homepage)
    # programming language
    print("Language:", repo.language)
    # number of forks
    print("Number of forks:", repo.forks)
    # number of stars
    print("Number of stars:", repo.stargazers_count)
    print("-"*50)
    # repository content (files & directories)
    print("Contents:")
    try:
        for content in repo.get_contents(""):
            print(content)
    except github.GithubException as e:
        print("Error:", e)
    try:
        # repo license
        print("License:", base64.b64decode(repo.get_license().content.encode()).decode())
    except:
        pass

# your github account credentials
username = "username"
password = "password"
# initialize github object
g = github.Github(username, password)
# or use public version
# g = Github()

# search repositories by name
for repo in g.search_repositories("pythoncode tutorials"):
    # print repository details
    print_repo(repo)
    print("="*100)

print("="*100)
print("="*100)

# search by programming language
for i, repo in enumerate(g.search_repositories("language:python")):
    print_repo(repo)
    print("="*100)
    if i == 9:
        break