xiki gist menu

gist.rb

# save to ~/menu
# then run using "gist"
require "rest-client"
require "json"

class Gist
  Github = RestClient::Resource.new "https://api.github.com"
  DefaultMenu =
" - bb1f4fffaccbd30125b9
 - user/rsbohn/
 - user/trogdoro/
"
  # id/filename? or user/:username/id/filename?
  def self.menu section=nil, username=nil, id=nil, filename=nil
    return DefaultMenu if section == nil
    return self.files section, username if section != "user"
    return self.by_user username if id == nil
    return self.files id, filename
  end

  def self.by_user username
    gists = Github["users/#{username}/gists"].get
    reply = []
    JSON.parse(gists).each do |g|
      reply.push "> #{g['description']}"
      reply.push "#{g['id']}"
    end
    return "no public gists" if reply.length < 1
    return reply
  end

  def self.files id, filename=nil
    gist = Github["/gists/#{id}"].get
    files = JSON.parse(gist)["files"]
    reply = []
    JSON.parse(gist)["files"].each do |file|
      return file[1]["content"] if filename != nil && file[0] == filename
      reply.push file[0]
    end
    return reply
  end
end