create a gist in github

create_a_gist.py

#coding:utf-8
import requests
import json
import os.path

def create_gist(file_path, name = None, desc = '', public = True):
    TOKEN = '[your token]'
    URL = 'https://api.github.com/gists'
    headers = {'Authorization': 'token {0}'.format(TOKEN)}

    # 读取代码
    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
        file_content = f.read()
        if not name:
            name = os.path.basename(file_path)

    # 构造请求体
    payload = {
        "description": desc,
        "public": "true" if public else "false",
        "files": {
            name: {
              "content": file_content
            }
        }
    }

    # 发送创建请求，返回gist的URL
    r = requests.post(URL, data = json.dumps(payload), headers = headers)
    if r.status_code == 201:
        j = r.json()
        return j['html_url']
    else:
        return None

if __name__ == '__main__':
    r = create_gist('/home/su/python/gists/create_gist.py', desc = 'create a gist in github')
    print r