def create_digest(self, item_type, github_items):
"""
builds a DigestData instance filled with the digest
"""
issue_list = list(self.get_issues())
digest = DigestData(item_type)
digest.user = self._user
digest.repo = self._repository_name
for github_item in github_items:
if github_item.state == ItemStates.OPEN:
digest.total_opened += 1
elif github_item.state == ItemStates.CLOSED:
digest.total_closed += 1
digest.total_items += 1
item = Item()
item.url = github_item.html_url
item.label = '{}/{}#{}'.format(self._user, self._repository_name, github_item.number)
item.title = github_item.title
item.state = github_item.state
github_user = github_item.user
display_name = github_user.name or github_user.login
if display_name not in digest.users:
user = User()
user.name = display_name
user.gravatar = github_user.avatar_url
digest.users[display_name] = user
digest.items.setdefault(display_name, []).append(item)
return digest
