save all your Gists - written in node.js

download_gists2.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

//# prerequisites:
//# npm -g install request path
//# TODO: modify user agent string

var USER, savepath,
    request = require('request'),
    path = require('path'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    request_opts = {
        url: "https://api.github.com/users/" + USER + "/gists",
        headers: {
            'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Gist Downloader; https://gist.github.com/szepeviktor)'
        }
    }, file, raw_url, filename;

if (process.argv.length !== 4) {
    console.error('invalid number of options');
    console.error(process.argv[1] + ' <username> <path>');
    process.exit(1);
}

USER = process.argv[2];
savepath = process.argv[3];

request(request_opts, function (error, response, body) {

    if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {

        gists = JSON.parse(body);
        gists.forEach(function (gist) {
            var dir = savepath + '/' + gist.id;
//            console.log('description: ', gist.description);

            fs.mkdir(dir, function (err) {
                for (file in gist.files) {
                    raw_url = gist.files[file].raw_url;
                    filename = gist.files[file].filename;

//                    console.log("downloading... " + filename);
                    request(raw_url).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(dir + '/' + filename));
                }
            });
        });

    } else {
        console.error("error: ", response);
    }

});