gist.py

import urllib2
import json
import sys
import os
from Tkinter import Tk


URL="https://api.github.com/gists"
TOKEN=""


args = sys.argv[:]
args.pop(0)

files = {}

if len(args)>0:
	for filename in args:
		with open(filename,'rb') as file:
			files[os.path.split(filename)[1]] = {"content": file.read()}
else:
	good = False
	tk = Tk()
	tk.withdraw()
	try:
		cb = tk.clipboard_get()
		files[""] = {"content": cb} # sys.stdin.read()
		good = True
	except:
		pass
	tk.destroy()
	
	if not good:
		print('not normal text')
		import win32clipboard as c
		c.OpenClipboard()
		try:
			format = c.RegisterClipboardFormat('FileName')
			if c.IsClipboardFormatAvailable(format):
				filename = c.GetClipboardData(format)[:-1] # hacks
				with open(filename,'rb') as file:
					files[os.path.split(filename)[1]] = {"content": file.read()}
					good = True
		except:
			pass
		c.CloseClipboard()
	
	if not good:
		print('noon')
		exit(1)

o = {
	"description": "",
	"public": False,
	"files": files
}

req = urllib2.Request(URL,json.dumps(o))
req.add_header('Authorization','token '+TOKEN)

resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
r = json.load(resp)
resp.close()

url = r['html_url']
print(url)

tk = Tk()
tk.withdraw()
tk.clipboard_clear()
tk.clipboard_append(url)
tk.destroy()