gist_parser.py

import urllib.request
import json

def request_gists(username):
	url = 'https://api.github.com/users/' + username + '/gists'
	with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
		text = response.read()

	for gist in json.loads(text):
		for filename in gist['files']:
			yield { 'filename': filename, 'html_url': gist['html_url'], 'description': gist['description'] }


if __name__ == "__main__":
	username = input("Username: ")
	password = input("Password: ")

	with open('README.md', 'w') as fp:
		fp.write('# UVA Online Judge\n\n' )
		for gist in request_gists(username=username):
			if gist['filename'].find('uva') > -1:
				fp.write('## ')
				fp.write('[' + gist['filename'] + ']')
				fp.write('(' + gist['html_url'] + ')\n\n')
				fp.write(gist['description'] + '\n\n')