old_contents: import requests
  url = "https://api.github.com/repos/urschrei/pyzotero/contributors"
  result = requests.get(url)
  result.raise_for_status()
  as_dict = result.json()
  # remove me from the list
  as_dict.pop(0)
  header = "# This is the list of people (as distinct from [AUTHORS](AUTHORS)) who have contributed code to Pyzotero.\n\n| **Commits** | **Contributor**<br/> |\n| --- |--- |\n"
  template = "| {contributions} | [{login}](https://github.com/urschrei/pyzotero/commits?author={login}) |\n"
  formatted = (template.format(**dct) for dct in as_dict)
  with open("CONTRIBUTORS.md", 'w') as f:
      f.write(header)
      for item in formatted:
          f.write(item)
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  import io
  import requests
  
  url = "https://api.github.com/repos/urschrei/pyzotero/contributors"
  result = requests.get(url)
  result.raise_for_status()
  as_dict = result.json()
  # remove me from the list
  as_dict.pop(0)
  header = u"# This is the list of people (as distinct from [AUTHORS](AUTHORS)) who have contributed code to Pyzotero.\n\n| **Commits** | **Contributor**<br/> |\n| --- |--- |\n"
  template = u"| {contributions} | [{login}](https://github.com/urschrei/pyzotero/commits?author={login}) |\n"
  with io.open("CONTRIBUTORS.md", 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
      f.write(header)
      f.writelines(template.format(**dct) for dct in as_dict)
  
subject: Make contributor dump a bit more robust