[python][gist][api] tool for downloading all the files in a single gist (by gist id)

download_gist.py

  
#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import requests

api = 'https://api.github.com'
gist_id = '' # YOUR ID HERE, COULD BE PASSED IN AS AN ARG

print('fetching latest revisions ..')

r = requests.get(f'{api}/gists/{gist_id}')

payload = r.json()

if not payload:
    print('error: empty payload ..')
    sys.exit(1)

files = payload['files']

for filename in files:
    print(f'downloading {filename} ..')

    dl = requests.get(files[filename]['raw_url'])

    with open(filename, 'wb') as fd:
        fd.write(dl.content)