Update Hacktoberstats' get_october_prs function to use aiohttps get params

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/bot/exts/halloween/hacktoberstats.py b/bot/exts/halloween/hacktoberstats.py
index 50d3aaf6..b5d8591d 100644
--- a/bot/exts/halloween/hacktoberstats.py
+++ b/bot/exts/halloween/hacktoberstats.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 from collections import Counter
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 import discord
 from async_rediscache import RedisCache
@@ -208,24 +209,24 @@ class HacktoberStats(commands.Cog):
         None will be returned when the GitHub user was not found.
         """
         log.info(f"Fetching Hacktoberfest Stats for GitHub user: '{github_username}'")
-        base_url = "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q="
+        base_url = "https://api.github.com/search/issues"
         action_type = "pr"
         is_query = "public"
         not_query = "draft"
         date_range = f"{CURRENT_YEAR}-09-30T10:00Z..{CURRENT_YEAR}-11-01T12:00Z"
         per_page = "300"
-        query_url = (
-            f"{base_url}"
+        query_params = (
             f"+type:{action_type}"
             f"+is:{is_query}"
-            f"+author:{github_username}"
+            f"+author:{quote_plus(github_username)}"
             f"+-is:{not_query}"
             f"+created:{date_range}"
             f"&per_page={per_page}"
         )
-        log.debug(f"GitHub query URL generated: {query_url}")
 
-        jsonresp = await self._fetch_url(query_url, REQUEST_HEADERS)
+        log.debug(f"GitHub query parameters generated: {query_params}")
+
+        jsonresp = await self._fetch_url(base_url, REQUEST_HEADERS, dict(q=query_params))
         if "message" in jsonresp:
             # One of the parameters is invalid, short circuit for now
             api_message = jsonresp["errors"][0]["message"]
@@ -295,9 +296,9 @@ class HacktoberStats(commands.Cog):
                 outlist.append(itemdict)
         return outlist
 
-    async def _fetch_url(self, url: str, headers: dict) -> dict:
+    async def _fetch_url(self, url: str, headers: dict, params: dict) -> dict:
         """Retrieve API response from URL."""
-        async with self.bot.http_session.get(url, headers=headers) as resp:
+        async with self.bot.http_session.get(url, headers=headers, params=params) as resp:
             return await resp.json()
 
     @staticmethod