gist.rb

require "typhoeus"
require "json"
require "./Constants"

include Constants
include Typhoeus

class Gist
  def build_gist
    gist =  { :description => "This is a test",
              :public      => true,
              :files => { "file1.txt" => { :content => "Testing a sample string" } }
    }

    json = JSON.pretty_generate(gist)
    puts json
    return json
  end

  def send_gist(gist)
    url = BASE_URL + "/gists"
    request = Request.new(url, :username => USERNAME,
                               :password => PASSWORD,
                               :method   => :post,
                               :body     => gist)
    puts request.params
    
    hydra = Hydra.hydra
    hydra.queue(request)
    hydra.run

    response = request.response
    puts response.body
  end
end

gist = Gist.new
gist.send_gist(gist.build_gist)