notes.md

Notes taken during the process

1. In tried to prepare VSCODE to be used with Python without much success. Using the following articles:

   • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57310009/how-to-install-a-new-python-module-on-vscode
   • https://windowsloop.com/how-to-add-to-windows-path/

   While doing these steps I encountered the problem that while installing it would refer to a prior version of python that is installed on my computer.

2. I installed the PuGithub and requests following the indications from this article:

   1. https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/using-github-api-in-python

3. Installed JSON package for converting to more complex JSONs

   1. https://opensource.com/article/19/7/save-and-load-data-python-json 2.In order to view the JSON in Pycharm in a better format I learned to use the Ctrl+Alt+L command from this article.
      1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58129294/how-to-get-pycharm-to-format-a-json-file

4. Created a .gitignore file to exclude for upload the github_data.json

5. Trying to access further information following the examples from https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/using-github-api-in-python

   1. Trying to append information to the created JSON file using the article https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13949637/how-to-update-json-file-with-python

6. Had to create a Personal Access Token for using PyGithub

   1. https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-tokenhttps://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token