Node.js Gist client

Gist API v3 client for Node.JS

Installation

For use in your modules (adds to package.json automatically)

# Old 0.2 in npm
npm install -S gist

# Bleeding Edge
npm install -S 'git://github.com/coolaj86/node-gist.git'

# v1.0.2
npm install -S 'git://github.com/coolaj86/node-gist.git#v1.0.2'

For the commandline gist

npm install -g gist

npm install -g 'git://github.com/coolaj86/node-gist.git'

npm install -g 'git://github.com/coolaj86/node-gist.git#v1.0.2'

Usage

Commandline

gist </path/to/file>

echo "Hello World!" > ./hello.txt
gist ./hello.txt

API

• gist.gists([username], fn)
• gist.gist(id, fn)
• gist([validOauthToken]).create(newGist, fn)

var gist = require('gist')(validOAuthToken);

// get all your gists (or all public if you didnt specify a token)
gist.gists(function(err, resp, json) {
  console.log(err, json)
})

// get all public gists for some user
gist.gists('maxogden', function(err, resp, json) {
  console.log(err, json)
})

// get a gist by id
gist.gist('2698151', function(err, resp, json) {
  console.log(err, json)
})

// creating a new gist
var newGist = {
  "description": "the description for this gist",
  "public": false,
  "files": {
    "file1.txt": {
      "content": "String file contents"
    }
  }
}
gist(validOauthToken).create(newGist, function(err, resp, json) {
  console.log(err, json)
})

Author

• Max Ogden (@maxogden)

this library was forked from Emerson Macedo (http://codificando.com/) and entirely rewritten

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.