Github-Gist Api - python wrapper

Python wrapper for GitHub's Gist API.

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Features

• Creating gists returning the url, script and clone link for copy-paste purpose
• Checkout one's gists - Name(s), Description and Content
• Edit and Delete a gist
• Search GitHub user's gist - fork, star and unstar them
• List-all comments of any gist, make/edit a comment on a gist, delete a comment

Installation

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install simplegist

Download here <https://github.com/softvar/simplegist/tarball/0.3.2>_ and run python setup.py install after changing directory to /simplegist

Generating Github API Access Token

Go to Github's Account settings > Applications Create a new token and use it for making API requests instead of password

Example Usage

.. code-block:: python

from simplegist import SimpleGist

GHgist = Simplegist(username='USERNAME',api_token='API_TOKEN') 
# or provide USERNAME and API_TOKEN in config.py file, so just, GHgist = Gist()

# creating gist and returning url, script, clone link
GHgist.create(name='_GISTNAME', description='_ANY_DESCRIPTION', public=1, content='_CONTENT_GOES_HERE') 

# Lists all the names of authenticated user's gists
GHgist.profile().listall()

# Lists only the names of recent two gists of user '_USERNAME' 
GHgist.search('_USERNAME').list(2)

# Lists all the comments on gist named '_GISTNAME' of user 'USERNAME'
GHgist.comments().listall(user='_USERNAME',name='_GISTNAME')

# ...and many more...

Full Usage and Documentation

Visit here READTHEDOCS <https://simplegist.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>_ or PYTHONHOSTED <http://pythonhosted.org/simplegist/>_

Patches and suggestions are welcomed

.. code-block:: bash

$ git clone https://github.com/softvar/simplegist.git $ cd simplegist

Built With

• python
• shell