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diff --git a/‎bin/github-backup‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 2 deletions b/‎bin/github-backup‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎github_backup/github_backup.py‎
Lines changed: 30 additions & 9 deletions b/‎github_backup/github_backup.py‎
Lines changed: 30 additions & 9 deletions
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ def main():
     if args.lfs_clone:
         check_git_lfs_install()
 
-    log_info('Backing up user {0} to {1}'.format(args.user, output_directory))
+    if not args.as_app:
+        log_info('Backing up user {0} to {1}'.format(args.user, output_directory))
+        authenticated_user = get_authenticated_user(args)
+    else:
+        authenticated_user = {'login': None}
 
-    authenticated_user = get_authenticated_user(args)
     repositories = retrieve_repositories(args, authenticated_user)
     repositories = filter_repositories(args, repositories)
     backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories)
 
@@ -168,7 +168,16 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('-t',
                         '--token',
                         dest='token',
-                        help='personal access or OAuth token, or path to token (file://...)')  # noqa
+                        help='personal access, OAuth, or JSON Web token, or path to token (file://...)')  # noqa
+    parser.add_argument('--as-app',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        dest='as_app',
+                        help='authenticate as github app instead of as a user. '
+                             'Using this option will probably break the following options: '
+                             'starred, all-starred, watched, gists, starred-gists, '
+                             'followers, following. '
+                             'Other options may be affected. '
+                             'User account information will not be backed up.')
     parser.add_argument('-o',
                         '--output-directory',
                         default='.',
@@ -325,7 +334,7 @@ def parse_args():
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def get_auth(args, encode=True):
+def get_auth(args, encode=True, for_git_cli=False):
     auth = None
 
     if args.osx_keychain_item_name:
@@ -353,7 +362,13 @@ def get_auth(args, encode=True):
         if args.token.startswith(_path_specifier):
             args.token = open(args.token[len(_path_specifier):],
                               'rt').readline().strip()
-        auth = args.token + ':' + 'x-oauth-basic'
+        if not args.as_app:
+            auth = args.token + ':' + 'x-oauth-basic'
+        else:
+            if not for_git_cli:
+                auth = args.token
+            else:
+                auth = 'x-access-token:' + args.token
     elif args.username:
         if not args.password:
             args.password = getpass.getpass()
@@ -399,7 +414,7 @@ def get_github_repo_url(args, repository):
     if args.prefer_ssh:
         return repository['ssh_url']
 
-    auth = get_auth(args, False)
+    auth = get_auth(args, encode=False, for_git_cli=True)
     if auth and repository['private'] == True:
         repo_url = 'https://{0}@{1}/{2}/{3}.git'.format(
             auth,
@@ -413,14 +428,14 @@ def get_github_repo_url(args, repository):
 
 
 def retrieve_data_gen(args, template, query_args=None, single_request=False):
-    auth = get_auth(args)
+    auth = get_auth(args, encode=not args.as_app)
     query_args = get_query_args(query_args)
     per_page = 100
     page = 0
 
     while True:
         page = page + 1
-        request = _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth)  # noqa
+        request = _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth, as_app=args.as_app)  # noqa
         r, errors = _get_response(request, auth, template)
 
         status_code = int(r.getcode())
@@ -430,7 +445,7 @@ def retrieve_data_gen(args, template, query_args=None, single_request=False):
             print('API request returned HTTP 502: Bad Gateway. Retrying in 5 seconds')
             retries += 1
             time.sleep(5)
-            request = _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth)  # noqa
+            request = _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth, as_app=args.as_app)  # noqa
             r, errors = _get_response(request, auth, template)
 
             status_code = int(r.getcode())
@@ -495,15 +510,21 @@ def _get_response(request, auth, template):
     return r, errors
 
 
-def _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth):
+def _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth, as_app=None):
     querystring = urlencode(dict(list({
         'per_page': per_page,
         'page': page
     }.items()) + list(query_args.items())))
 
     request = Request(template + '?' + querystring)
     if auth is not None:
-        request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic '.encode('ascii') + auth)
+        if not as_app:
+            request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic '.encode('ascii') + auth)
+        else:
+            if not PY2:
+                auth = auth.encode('ascii')
+            request.add_header('Authorization', 'token '.encode('ascii') + auth)
+            request.add_header('Accept', 'application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json')
     log_info('Requesting {}?{}'.format(template, querystring))
     return request