diff --git a/tools/gh_api.py b/tools/gh_api.py
index ac1568c..75a2ce7 100644
--- a/tools/gh_api.py
+++ b/tools/gh_api.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ except NameError:
     pass
 
 import os
+import re
+import sys
 
 import requests
 import getpass
@@ -86,21 +88,56 @@ def post_gist(content, description='', filename='file', auth=False):
     response_data = json.loads(response.text)
     return response_data['html_url']
     
-def get_pull_request(project, num):
+def get_pull_request(project, num, auth=False):
     """get pull request info  by number
     """
     url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{project}/pulls/{num}".format(project=project, num=num)
-    response = requests.get(url)
+    if auth:
+        header = make_auth_header()
+    else:
+        header = None
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=header)
     response.raise_for_status()
     return json.loads(response.text, object_hook=Obj)
 
-def get_pulls_list(project):
+element_pat = re.compile(r'<(.+?)>')
+rel_pat = re.compile(r'rel=[\'"](\w+)[\'"]')
+
+def get_paged_request(url, headers=None):
+    """get a full list, handling APIv3's paging"""
+    results = []
+    while True:
+        print("fetching %s" % url, file=sys.stderr)
+        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        results.extend(response.json())
+        if 'next' in response.links:
+            url = response.links['next']['url']
+        else:
+            break
+    return results
+
+def get_pulls_list(project, state="closed", auth=False):
     """get pull request list
     """
-    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{project}/pulls".format(project=project)
-    response = requests.get(url)
-    response.raise_for_status()
-    return json.loads(response.text)
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{project}/pulls?state={state}&per_page=100".format(project=project, state=state)
+    if auth:
+        headers = make_auth_header()
+    else:
+        headers = None
+    pages = get_paged_request(url, headers=headers)
+    return pages
+
+def get_issues_list(project, state="closed", auth=False):
+    """get pull request list
+    """
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{project}/pulls?state={state}&per_page=100".format(project=project, state=state)
+    if auth:
+        headers = make_auth_header()
+    else:
+        headers = None
+    pages = get_paged_request(url, headers=headers)
+    return pages
 
 # encode_multipart_formdata is from urllib3.filepost
 # The only change is to iter_fields, to enforce S3's required key ordering