send_mult_gist.py

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
 
def main_upload_function(gists):
 
    gist1, gist2 = gists
 
    gist_post_data = {  'description': 'webdiff gists', 
                        'public': True,
                        'files': {  'wdiff1': {'content': gist1},
                                    'wdiff2': {'content': gist2}}
                    }
 
    json_post_data = json.dumps(gist_post_data).encode('utf-8')
 
    def get_gist_url(found_json):
        wfile = json.JSONDecoder()
        wjson = wfile.decode(found_json)
        gist_url = 'https://gist.github.com/' + wjson['id']
 
        import webbrowser
        print(gist_url)
        webbrowser.open(gist_url)
        # or just copy url to clipboard?
 
    def upload_gist():
        print('sending')
        url = 'https://api.github.com/gists'
        json_to_parse = urlopen(url, data=json_post_data)
        
        print('received response from server')
        found_json = json_to_parse.readall().decode()
        get_gist_url(found_json)
 
    upload_gist()
 
gist_body_1 = "this is \ngist body 1"
gist_body_2 = "this is \ngist body 2"
gists = gist_body_1, gist_body_2
 
main_upload_function(gists)