trying to figure out gh graphql schema

github_api_req.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import requests
 import datetime as dt
+import json
+import os
+
+key = os.environ.get('KKEXKEY')
 
 def main(vcs, begin_date):
     repo_uri=vcs[0]
@@ -30,6 +34,19 @@ def parse_milestones(milestones, earliest_date):
             count_of_milestones += 1
     return count_of_milestones
 
+
+def get_discussion_gql():
+    #testing
+    url = "https://api.github.com/graphql"
+    x =  {"query" : "query { repository(owner: 'beekeeper-studio', name: 'beekeeper-studio') { discussions(first: 10) {totalCount}}"}
+    data = json.dumps(x)
+    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8', 'Authorization': 'bearer ' + key}
+    r = requests.post(url=url, data=data, headers=headers)
+    print(r.content)
+    print(r.json())
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    get_discussion_gql()
 '''
 #using the github API to identify who is a collaborator on the project and who is just a contributor
 def split_actors(repo_uri, actors_list):

request.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+    query {
+        repository(owner: "github", name: "some-repo") {
+        discussions(first: 10) {
+            # type: DiscussionConnection
+            totalCount # Int!
+    
+            pageInfo {
+            # type: PageInfo (from the public schema)
+            startCursor
+            endCursor
+            hasNextPage
+            hasPreviousPage
+            }
+    
+            edges {
+            # type: DiscussionEdge
+            cursor
+            node {
+                # type: Discussion
+                id
+            }
+            }
+    
+            nodes {
+            # type: Discussion
+            id
+            }
+        }
+        }
+    }
+}
+