python-gists

A command line GitHub gist posting application in Python.

Usage

$ python python-gist.py --help
Usage: python-gist.py [options]

Options:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-d DESC, --description=DESC
    Description for the gist
-f FILES, --files=FILES
    Comma seperated list of file(s) to post as a gist
-p, --private         Use to post a private gist

$ python python-gist.py 
Loaded saved access token, I'm good to go.
Enter your Gist contents
***********************
****^D  when done******
This is a gist
https://gist.github.com/4096470

$ python python-gist.py -d 'Multi file gist' -f python-gist.py,README.md
Loaded saved access token, I'm good to go.
Uploading files..
https://gist.github.com/4096475

$ python python-gist.py -d 'Multi file gist' -f python-gist.py,README.md -p
Loaded saved access token, I'm good to go.
Uploading files..
https://gist.github.com/b766c2becf1874b1665b

Todos

• Code refactoring
• Make the script installable
• External editor?

Thanks

Thanks to Voltagex for having the OAuth part already setup. This gave me a very good platform to finally implement the other features.