FAP: Fairly Automated Paster

fap.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Fairly Automated Paster
#
# Automatically creates gists ('gisting') by pasting text.
# FAP lets you gist really quickly and easily, all over the place.
# This first version only allows you to create anonymous gists.
#
# Nicholas Tang (nicholastang@gmail.com)

import requests
import re
import json
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("-f", "--file",
                help="the name of a text file to use as the body of the gist")
parser.add_argument("-d", "--description",
                help="description of the gist")
parser.add_argument("-p", "--private",
                help="make the gist private", action="store_true")
args = parser.parse_args()

uri = 'https://api.github.com/gists'
timeout_secs = 10.000
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}

if args.file:
    try:
        file = open(args.file, 'r')
    except Exception, e:
        print "Error reading from file %s: %s" % (args.file, e)
    gist_body = file.read()
    file.close()
    gist_filename = args.file
else:
    gist_body = ''
    print "Input text, with '<<<EOF' to end input:"
    while True:
        line = raw_input()
        if re.search('<<<EOF', line):
            break
        else:
            gist_body += line + '\n'
    gist_filename = "file.txt"

if args.description:
    gist_description = args.description
else:
    gist_description = ""

if args.private:
    gist_public = False
else:
    gist_public = True

gist_post_data = {'description': gist_description, 'public': gist_public,
                 'files': {gist_filename: {'content': gist_body}}}
json_post_data = json.dumps(gist_post_data)

try:
    r = requests.post(uri, data=json_post_data, headers=headers)
except Exception, e:
    print "Error posting to github: %s" % (e)
    exit()

github_response = json.loads(r.text)

if r.headers['Status'] == '201 Created':
    print "Gisted successfully!"
    id = github_response['id']
    html_url = github_response['html_url']
    print "Gist %s landed here: %s" % (str(id), str(html_url))
else:
    print "Couldn't gist, status code: %s" % (r.headers['Status'])
    message = github_response['message']
    print "Error message: %s" % (str(message))