gist.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

'''
    Author: Andrei David
    Basic program to upload files to Github Gists

    Go to [1] to create a token
    [1] https://github.com/settings/tokens

'''

import json
import requests
import sys

GITHUB_API="https://api.github.com/gists"
API_TOKEN='github_token'

def printUsage():
    print('Usage: gist.py <option> File')
    print('Options:')
    print('\t-p:\tprivate gist (default)')
    print('\t-P:\tPublic gist')
    print('\t-h:\tprint this message')
    exit(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # request headers
    headers = {
        'Authorization':'token ' + API_TOKEN
    }

    fileLoaded = False
    payload = {}
    payload['files'] = {}
    payload['public'] = False

    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        printUsage()
    
    for i in range(1, len(sys.argv)):
        if sys.argv[i] == '-p':
            payload['public'] = False
        elif sys.argv[i] == '-P':
            payload['public'] = True
        elif sys.argv[i] == '-h':
            printUsage()
        elif fileLoaded:
            printUsage()
        else:
            fileLoaded = True
            file = open(sys.argv[i], 'r')
            fileContent = file.read()

            payload['files'][sys.argv[i]] = {
                "content":fileContent
            }

    #make a requests
    response = requests.post(GITHUB_API, headers = headers, data = json.dumps(payload))

    # print the url or the error code returned
    if response.status_code == 201:
        print(json.loads(response.text)['html_url'])
    else:
        print(response.status_code)