gistsearch.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# 
#   gistsearch.py
# 

from urllib import urlopen
import json
import sys
import os

github_id = 'gnrr'                       # github's user id

def exit_usage():
    print('USAGE: %s keyword\n' % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
    sys.exit()

def fetch(id):
    def fetch(page):
        print('page: ' + str(page))
        gists = json.loads(urlopen(url + str(page)).read())
        message = gists['message'] if 'message' in gists else ''
        if -1 == message.find('API Rate Limit'):
            if 0 == len(gists):
                return gists
            return gists + fetch(page + 1)
        print(message)
        return json.loads('[]')
    
    base_url = 'https://api.github.com/users/{username}/gists?page='
    url = base_url.format(username=id)
    return fetch(1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2: exit_usage()
    
    keyword = sys.argv[1].strip().decode('utf-8')
    
    for gist in fetch(github_id):
        description = gist['description'] 
        if not None == description and \
                (None == keyword or not -1 == description.find(keyword)):
            print(description)
            print(gist['url'])
            print('')