Post GIST

pgist.sh

#!/bin/bash

GITHUB_USERNAME=noureddin # change this to your github username
# or see https://gist.github.com/s-leroux/7cb7424d33ba3753e907cc2553bcd1ba

if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
  printf "Usage: %s [--public] filename [gistname]\n" $(basename "$0") >&2
  exit 1 # exit with error
fi

# Parse the arguments
if [ "$1" == '--public' ]; then
  public='true'
  filename="$2"
  [ -z "$3" ] && gistname="$filename" || gistname="$3"
else
  public='false'
  filename="$1"
  [ -z "$2" ] && gistname="$filename" || gistname="$2"
fi

# Check the file
if ! [ -e "$filename" ]; then
  printf 'File "%s" not found!\n' "$filename" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Enter the description
echo -n 'Description: '
read description

# Somehow sanitize the file content
#  Remove \r (from Windows end-of-lines),
#  Replace \ by \\
#  Replace tabs by \t
#  Replace " by \"
#  Replace % by %%
#  Replace EOL by \n
filecontent=$(sed -e 's/\r//' -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/"/\\&/g' -e 's/%/%%/g' "${filename}" | awk '{ printf($0 "\\n") }')

# Build the JSON request
read -r -d '' JSON <<EOF
{
  "description": "${description}",
  "public": ${public},
  "files": {
    "${gistname}": {
      "content": "${filecontent}"
    }
  }
}
EOF

#printf '%s\n' "$JSON";exit

# Use curl to send a POST request

# ANONYMOUS GIST:
# curl -X POST -d "${JSON}" "https://api.github.com/gists"

# REGISTERED USER:
curl -u "${GITHUB_USERNAME}" -X POST -d "${JSON}" "https://api.github.com/gists"