Script to clean up old git branches in Looker. Will delete all non-personal branches where the last commit is before the WEEKS_AGO_CUTOFF set.

looker_git_cleanup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

## Configs - enter CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET

BASE_URL = ''
CLIENT_ID = ''
CLIENT_SECRET = ''
WEEKS_AGO_CUTOFF = 10
PROJECT_NAME = ''

class LookerConnection:

    def __init__(self, client_id, client_secret, url):

        if url[-1] == '/':
            self.url = url[:-1] + ':19999/api/3.0/'
        else:
            self.url = url + ':19999/api/3.0/'
        self.headers = self.connect(client_id, client_secret)
        
    def connect(self, client_id, client_secret):
        """Gets Access Token from Looker, setting token on LookerConnection"""

        login = requests.post(
            url=compose_url(self.url, 'login'),
            data={'client_id': client_id, 'client_secret': client_secret})

        try:
            access_token = login.json()['access_token']
            headers = {'Authorization': 'token {}'.format(access_token)}
        except KeyError:
            headers = None

        return headers
    
    def _get(self, endpoint, endpointid=None, subendpoint=None, subendpointid=None):
        
        r = requests.get(
            url=compose_url(self.url, endpoint, endpointid=endpointid, subendpoint=subendpoint, subendpointid=subendpointid),
            headers=self.headers)
       
        return r

    def _delete(self, endpoint, endpointid=None, subendpoint=None, subendpointid=None):

        r = requests.delete(
            url=compose_url(self.url, endpoint, endpointid=endpointid, subendpoint=subendpoint, subendpointid=subendpointid),
            headers=self.headers)
        
        return r

    def _patch(self, endpoint, endpointid=None, subendpoint=None, subendpointid=None, payload=None):

        r = requests.patch(
            url=compose_url(self.url, endpoint, endpointid=endpointid, subendpoint=subendpoint, subendpointid=subendpointid),
            headers=self.headers,
            json=payload)
        
        return r

def compose_url(urlbase, endpoint, endpointid=None, subendpoint=None, subendpointid=None):
    """
    Composes a URL from a base, endpoint and possible an endpoint ID and a sub-endpoint.
    Requires at least URL base and endpoint
    """

    if not urlbase or not endpoint:
        raise Exception('compose_url requires urlbase and endpoint.')

    url = "{}{}".format(urlbase,endpoint)

    if endpointid:
        url += '/' + str(endpointid)

        if subendpoint:
            url += '/' + subendpoint
            
            if subendpointid:
                url += '/' + str(subendpointid)

    return url

conn = LookerConnection(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, BASE_URL)
update_session = conn._patch('session',payload={'workspace_id': 'dev'})

all_projects = conn._get('projects')

for project in all_projects.json():
    if project['name'] == PROJECT_NAME:
        id = project['id']

branches = conn._get('projects', endpointid=id, subendpoint='git_branches')

date_cutoff = datetime.today() - timedelta(weeks=WEEKS_AGO_CUTOFF)
branch_count = 0

for branch in branches.json():
    commit_date = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(branch['commit_at'])
    branch_name = branch['name']
    if commit_date < date_cutoff and not branch_name.startswith('dev') and branch_name != 'master':
        print("Deleting branch '{}', last commit on {}".format(branch_name, commit_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')))
        delete_branch = conn._delete('projects',id,'git_branch',branch_name)
        branch_count += 1
        
print(branch_count)

@DylanBaker this is super old, is it still something you use, or do you recommend a more up to date resource for the same problem?

@alittlesliceoftom this is definitely still the approach I would take but I haven't vetted this script in a while. If I were to be writing today, I'd probably build it off of the Looker client built into Spectacles and expand from there.