Get Jira data via API

jiraReminder.py

def get_jira_assigments():
    """
        Gets data from Jira API and builds list of tickets by assignee
    """
    username = os.environ['JIRA_USERNAME']
    password = os.environ['JIRA_PASSWORD']

    params = {
        "jql": 'status in ("IN PROGRESS", "CODE REVIEW") AND assignee != Unassigned',
        "startAt": 0,
        "maxResults": 100,
        "fields": [],
        "expand": [],
        "validateQuery": "true"
    }
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Accept': '*/*'
    }

    assignments = {}
    count = 0

    while True:
        params['startAt'] = count
        response = requests.post(JIRA_API_URI, auth=(username, password), data=json.dumps(params), headers=headers)
        jira_data = response.json()
        
        ...