Turbo Gists with python-gist and PoopDB

README.md

A wrapper for python-gist utility, using poopdb for named gists

https://pypi.org/project/python-gist/

You will need an access token from GitHub for python-gist, you can get one under
Settings > Developper Settings > Personal access tokens
Create a .gist file under your HOME folder like this:

[gist]
token: yourtoken
editor: youreditor

Then create a directory named "poopdb" under your home folder and copy gistR.sh and poopdb.engine to it.

Copy this to your .bashrc to get the functionality

if [ -d "$HOME/poopdb" ]; then
  mkdir -p $HOME/poopdb/db
  export POOPDB_DIR="$HOME/poopdb/db"
  export POOPDB_ENGINE="$HOME/poopdb/poopdb.engine"
  . "$HOME/poopdb/gistR.sh"
else
  echo "Cannot find poopdb at $HOME/poopdb"
fi

Or execute install.sh which will do the same

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

You can populate the poopdab with existing gists by executing

chmod +x populate.sh
./populate.sh

Usage

• gi : shorthand for the original gist command
• gil : list all gists
• gill : list all gists and ID
• gic : create new gist gic name "description" files...
• girm : remove a gist grim name
• gig : get gist content gig name or gig name filename
• gif : get filenames in a gist gif name
• giclo : clone a gist giclo name

gistR.sh

# Wrapper for python-gist command using poopdb for named gists

# Import the poopdb
. $POOPDB_ENGINE

create_gist () {
  url=`gist create "$2" "${@:3}"` &&\
  poopdb_set $1 ${url#*https://gist.github.com/} &&\
  echo "Gist created $1 : `poopdb_get $1`" &&\
  return 0
  echo "Error creating Gist $1"
  return 1
}

remove_gist () {
  gist delete `poopdb_get $1` &&\
  echo "Gist removed $1 : `poopdb_get $1`" &&\
  poopdb_del $1 &&\
  return 0
  echo "Error removing Gist $1"
  return 1
}

get_gist_content () {
  gist content `poopdb_get $1` $2
}

get_gist_files () {
  gist files `poopdb_get $1`
}

git_clone_gist () {
  gist clone `poopdb_get $1` $1
}

alias "gi"="gist"
alias "gil"="ls $POOPDB_DIR"
alias "gill"="poopdb_get_all"
alias "gic"="create_gist"
alias "girm"="remove_gist"
alias "gig"="get_gist_content" 
alias "gif"="get_gist_files"
alias "giclo"="git_clone_gist"

install.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -euo pipefail

mkdir -p $HOME/poopdb/db

cp ./gistR.sh $HOME/poopdb/

cp ./poopdb.engine $HOME/poopdb/

cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<- EOM

# eneble donbattery's poopdb
if [ -d "$HOME/poopdb" ]; then
  # create database dir if not exists
  mkdir -p $HOME/poopdb/db
  export POOPDB_DIR="$HOME/poopdb/db"
  export POOPDB_ENGINE="$HOME/poopdb/poopdb.engine"
  # source the gistR wrapper to get aliases for named gists
  . "$HOME/poopdb/gistR.sh"
else
  echo "Cannot find poopdb at $HOME/poopdb"
fi

EOM

poopdb.engine

# donbattery's poopdb

if [ ! -d "$POOPDB_DIR" ]; then
  printf "Error : cannot find poopdb at %s\n" "$POOPDB_DIR"
  return
fi

poopdb_get () {
  [ -f "$POOPDB_DIR/$1" ] && printf "%s" "$(< "$POOPDB_DIR/$1")"
}

poopdb_set () {
  printf "%s" "$2" > "$POOPDB_DIR/$1"
}

poopdb_del () {
  [ -f "$POOPDB_DIR/$1" ] && rm "$POOPDB_DIR/$1"
}

poopdb_get_all() {
  for RECORD in `ls $POOPDB_DIR`
  do
    echo "$RECORD:`poopdb_get $RECORD`" 
  done
}

populate.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -euo pipefail

# Import the poopdb
. $POOPDB_ENGINE

OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=$'\n'
for GIST in `gist list`
do
  echo $GIST
  read -p 'Name :' GISTNAME
  if [ -n "$GISTNAME" ]; then
    poopdb_set $GISTNAME ${GIST%% *}
    echo "Saved to poopdb"
    echo
  fi
done
IFS=$OLDIFS