This is the same question as this one , but for Github instead of

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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T05:57:03+00:00 2026-06-08T05:57:03+00:00

This is the same question as this one, but for Github instead of JIRA

Hi,

I’m developing FreedomSponsors – a crowdfunding platform for open source projects.

I want to improve the “Sponsor new issue” screen by pre-filling some information, based on the issue’s URL.

My next “target” is the Github issue tracking system.

Given a URL like https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/14, What’s the best way to extract information like:

(ok, these are easy, it’s all in the URL)
and

I’m using python

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-08T05:57:06+00:00

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Github has an API for issues, thats going to be your best bet.

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