diff --git a/CI/ghApiClient.py b/CI/ghApiClient.py
index 60fbf230ee..fcec1eace8 100755
--- a/CI/ghApiClient.py
+++ b/CI/ghApiClient.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def postUrl(name, body):
         request = urllib.request.Request(GH_BASE_URL + name)
         request.add_header("Authorization", GH_AUTH)
         request.add_header("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-        data = urllib.parse.urlencode(body).encode("utf-8")
+        data = body.encode('utf-8')
         content = urllib.request.urlopen(request, data).read()
         jcont = json.loads(content)
         return jcont
diff --git a/CI/test.py b/CI/test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4c8d625973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CI/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+import ghApiClient
+
+def allPulls(releaseDate):
+
+    result = ""
+
+    baseurl = "https://api.github.com/repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/pulls/"
+    content = ghApiClient.readUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/pulls?state=closed&base=master&per_page=100')
+    for l in content:
+        stripped = l["url"][len(baseurl):]
+        mergedAt = l["merged_at"]
+        if mergedAt is not None:
+            if datetime.strptime(mergedAt, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') > releaseDate:
+                if not l['title'].startswith("bump snap"):
+                    result += '\n'
+                    result += "* " + l['title'] + " (#" + stripped + ")"
+    return result
+
+
+def lastReleaseDate(tag):
+    content = ghApiClient.readUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/releases/tags/' + tag)
+    publishedAt = content["published_at"]
+    return datetime.strptime(publishedAt, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+
+
+def addRelease(release_title, tag, content):
+    payload = "{\"tag_name\":\"" + tag + "\", "
+    payload += "\"name\":" + json.dumps(release_title) + ", "
+    payload += "\"body\":" + json.dumps(content) + ", "
+    payload += "\"draft\":" + "true" + ", "
+    payload += "\"prerelease\":" + "false" + ", "
+    payload += "\"target_commitish\":\"" + "master" + "\"}"
+    content = ghApiClient.postUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/releases', payload)
+    return content
+
+def getReleases():
+    content = ghApiClient.readUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/releases')
+    return content
+
+# main
+def main(last_release, release_title, tag):
+    baseurl = "https://api.github.com/repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/pulls/"
+    payload = "{\"tag_name\":\"" + tag + "\", "
+    payload += "\"name\":" + json.dumps(release_title) + ", "
+    payload += "\"body\":" + json.dumps(content) + ", "
+    payload += "\"draft\":" + "true" + ", "
+    payload += "\"prerelease\":" + "false" + ", "
+    payload += "\"target_commitish\":\"" + "master" + "\"}"
+    content = ghApiClient.postUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/releases', payload)
+    result = allPulls(lastReleaseDate('v' + last_release))
+    addRelease (release_title, tag, result)
+
+# here start main
+main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
+