create a gist on the command line

gistie.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "tempfile"
 
GIST_URL = 'http://gist.github.com/gists'
 
if ARGV.include? "-p"
  text = `pbpaste`
elsif !ARGV.empty?
  @filename = ARGV.shift
  text = File.read(File.expand_path(@filename))
elsif ENV["FILE"]
  @filename = ENV["FILE"]
  text = File.read(File.expand_path(ENV["FILE"]))
else
  text = STDIN.read
end
 
@filename ||= "UnnamedFile"
@extension = File.extname(@filename)
@extension = "txt" if @extension == ""
 
text_file = Tempfile.open('something')
text_file << text
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 "file_contents[gistfile1]=<#{text_file.path}" \
-F "x=27" \
-F "y=27"
EOS
 
url = %x{#{cmd}}
text_file.close(true)
 
`echo #{url} | pbcopy`
puts "Copied to pasteboard: #{url}"