Add script to batch-create GitLab issues

.gitignore

+# Python-related
+venv/
+__pycache__/
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+# JavaScript-related
+node_modules
+
+# Tests
+.coverage
+.pytest_cache/
+htmlcov/
+testresults.xml
+cypress/videos/
+
+# PyCharm configuration
+.idea/
+
+# VS Code configuration
+/*.code-workspace
+
+# Local instance data and configuration
+instance/
+
+# Environment files (might contain secrets)
+.env

create_labels.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import requests
+import os
+import json
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+
+def create_labels(
+    project_id: Optional[str], group_id: Optional[str], label_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    gitlab = os.environ["GITLAB_API_URL"]
+    post_url = (
+        f"{gitlab}/projects/{project_id}/labels"
+        if project_id is not None
+        else f"{gitlab}/groups/{group_id}/labels"
+    )
+
+    with open(label_path, "r") as f:
+        labels = json.load(f)
+
+    for label in tqdm(labels, desc="Creating labels", unit=" labels"):
+        r = requests.post(
+            post_url,
+            label,
+            headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN']}"},
+        )
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    load_dotenv()
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser(
+        description="Automatically create a set of GitLab labels for a project or group."
+    )
+
+    target_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+    target_group.add_argument(
+        "--project",
+        help="The id or URL encoded path of the project to create the labels for",
+        type=str,
+    )
+    target_group.add_argument(
+        "--group",
+        help="The id or URL encoded path of the group to create the labels for",
+        type=str,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--labels",
+        help="Path to a JSON file containg the labels to create",
+        type=Path,
+        default=Path(__file__).parent / "default_labels.json",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    create_labels(args.project, args.group, args.labels)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

default_labels.json

+[
+    {"name": "Progress: Blocked", "description": "Can't be implemented, because it depends on something else", "color": "#7f8c8d"},
+    {"name": "Progress: In development", "color": "#8e44ad"},
+    {"name": "Progress: Stale", "description": "Issues that were in development once, but that haven't been worked on for a long time", "color": "#ad8d43"}
+]

requirements.txt

+python-dotenv
+requests
+tqdm