Create close_old_issues.py

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+"""
+Close Old Issues
+
+This script automatically closes issues that have been open for longer than
+a specified number of days. It ignores pull requests even if they appear in
+the issues list.
+
+Usage:
+1. Set your Personal Access Token (PAT) with 'repo' scope permission
+2. Configure the repository owner, repository name, and age threshold
+3. Run the script: python close_old_issues.py
+
+Requirements:
+- requests library: pip install requests
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+import requests
+
+# Configuration - Replace these values with your own
+TOKEN = "YOUR_PAT"  # Personal Access Token with 'repo' scope
+OWNER = "your-username"  # GitHub username or organization name
+REPO = "your-repo"  # Repository name
+DAYS_OLD = 90  # Close issues older than this many days
+
+# Set up request headers with authentication
+headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}", "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}
+
+# Get all open issues
+url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/issues?state=open"
+response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+
+# Check for successful API response
+if response.status_code != 200:
+    print(f"Error fetching issues: {response.status_code}")
+    print(response.json().get("message", "No error message provided"))
+    exit(1)
+
+issues = response.json()
+
+# Calculate the cutoff date for closing issues
+cutoff_date = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=DAYS_OLD)
+
+# Process each issue
+for issue in issues:
+    # Skip pull requests which appear in the issues list but should not be auto-closed
+    if "pull_request" not in issue:
+        issue_date = datetime.strptime(issue["created_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+        # Check if the issue is older than the cutoff date
+        if issue_date < cutoff_date:
+            issue_number = issue["number"]
+            close_url = (
+                f"https://api.github.com/repos/{OWNER}/{REPO}/issues/{issue_number}"
+            )
+            payload = {"state": "closed"}
+
+            # Send the request to close the issue
+            close_response = requests.patch(close_url, headers=headers, json=payload)
+
+            if close_response.status_code == 200:
+                print(
+                    f"Closed issue #{issue_number} (Created: {issue_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')})"
+                )
+            else:
+                print(
+                    f"Failed to close issue #{issue_number}: {close_response.status_code}"
+                )
+                print(close_response.json().get("message", "No error message provided"))