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+import requests
+import csv
+import os
+import datetime
+
+GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com"
+GITHUB_SEARCH_ISSUES_API = "/search/issues"
+CSV_DIRECTORY = "data"
+GITHUB_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+
+session = requests.Session()
+if GITHUB_TOKEN:
+    session.headers.update({"Authorization": f"token {GITHUB_TOKEN}"})
+
+def get_issues_count(query):
+    """Get the number of issues with the provided label"""
+    url = f"{GITHUB_API_URL}{GITHUB_SEARCH_ISSUES_API}"
+    params = {"q": query}
+    response = session.get(url, params=params)
+    data = response.json()
+    if "errors" in data:
+        print(f"Error while searching for '{query}': {data['errors'][0]['message']}")
+        exit(1)
+    return data["total_count"]
+
+def update_csv_file(repo, path):
+    """Add today's records to the provided csv file"""
+    today = str(datetime.date.today())
+
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+        reader = csv.reader(f)
+        content = list(reader)
+
+    if len(content) == 1 or content[1][0] != today:
+        content.insert(1, [today])
+
+    for i in range(1, len(content[0])):
+        query = content[0][i]
+        param = content[1][0]
+        count = get_issues_count(f"is:pr repo:{repo} {query}={param}")
+        content[1][i] = count
+
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
+        writer = csv.writer(f, lineterminator="\n")
+        writer.writerows(content)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("usage: %s <repo> [files ...]" % sys.argv[0])
+        exit(1)
+    repo = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if not GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        print("Warning: the $GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable is not set!")
+        print("The script will still work, but it might be rate limited.")
+
+    # If a list of files to update isn't provided through args, update all the
+    # .csv files in the `data/` directory
+    files = sys.argv[2:]
+    if not files:
+        path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), CSV_DIRECTORY, repo)
+        for file in os.listdir(path):
+            if file.endswith(".csv"):
+                files.append(os.path.join(path, file))
+
+    for file in files:
+        update_csv_file(repo, file)