gistie.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Made by Pieter de Bie <frimmirf@gmail.com>
# Based on a "Pastie" task by someone

require "tempfile"

GIST_URL = 'http://gist.github.com/gists'
GIST_LOGIN_URL = 'https://gist.github.com/session'
USERNAME = "pieter"
TOKEN = "SweetTokenPower"

def create_snippet(filename, extension, data)
  text_file = Tempfile.open('w+')
  text_file << data
  text_file.flush

  cmd = <<-EOS
  curl #{GIST_URL} \
  -s -L -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" \
  -F "file_ext[gistfile1]=#{extension}" \
  -F "file_name[gistfile1]=#{filename}" \
  -F "login=#{USERNAME}" \
  -F "token=#{TOKEN}" \
  -F "file_contents[gistfile1]=<#{text_file.path}" \
  -F "x=27" \
  -F "y=27"
  EOS

  url = %x{#{cmd}}
  text_file.close(true)
  return url
end

if ARGV.include? "-p"
  data = `pbpaste`
elsif !ARGV.empty?
  @filename = ARGV.shift
  data = File.read(File.expand_path(@filename))
elsif ENV["FILE"]
  @filename = ENV["FILE"]
  data = File.read(File.expand_path(ENV["FILE"]))
else
  data = STDIN.read
end

@filename ||= "Unnamed File"
@extension = File.extname(@filename)
@extension = "txt" if @extension == ""

url = create_snippet(@filename, @extension, data)
`echo #{url} | pbcopy`
puts "Copied to pasteboard: #{url}"