gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
_gists_


functions for getting gists

Requires a section in your gitconfig like:

[cirrus]
    github-user = evansde77
    github-token = TOKENHERE

You probably need to pip install gitconfig as well

"""
import os
import gitconfig
import requests


def get_auth():
    """lookup auth from gitconfig"""
    gitconfig_file = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.gitconfig')
    config = gitconfig.config(gitconfig_file)
    github_user = config.get('cirrus', 'github-user')
    github_token = config.get('cirrus', 'github-token')
    return github_user, github_token

def itergists(user, token):
    """yields each gist for the user"""
    headers = {
        'Content-Type':'application/json',
        'Authorization': 'token %s' % token,
    }
    url = 'https://api.github.com/users/{user}/gists'.format(user=user)
    resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    resp.raise_for_status()

    data = resp.json()
    for gist in data:
        yield gist


if __name__ == '__main__':

    for g in list_gists(*get_auth()):
        print g