Download all gists for an authenticated user

get-gists.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from os import makedirs, mkdir
import requests

# Generate a personal token for GitHub and replace it here.
GITHUB_USERNAME='username'
GITHUB_TOKEN='token'

def get_gists(page=1):
    gist_list_url = 'https://api.github.com/gists'
    gist_list_request = requests.get(gist_list_url,
        params={'page': str(page)},
        auth=(GITHUB_USERNAME,GITHUB_TOKEN))

    return gist_list_request


def aggregate_gists():
    page = 1
    gists = get_gists()
    gist_list = gists.json()
    ok = True
    if gists.status_code == 200:
        while ok:
            print(f'Fetching page {page}')
            page = page + 1
            # Attempt to get next page, if any.
            next_gists = get_gists(page)
            if next_gists.status_code != 200 or len(next_gists.json()) == 0:
                print(f'Page {page} not found')
                ok = False
            else:
                gist_list.extend(next_gists.json())

    return gist_list


def save_gist(gist):
    dir = f"gists/{gist['id']}"
    for file in gist['files']:
        file = gist['files'][file]
        makedirs(dir, exist_ok=True)
        response = requests.get(file['raw_url'],
            auth=(GITHUB_USERNAME,GITHUB_TOKEN))
        with open(f"{dir}/{file['filename']}", 'wb') as f:
            f.write(response.content)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    gist_list = aggregate_gists()
    print("Saving gist list")
    for gist in gist_list:
        save_gist(gist)