GitHub's Gists Backup

gists-backup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3


import os
import json
import subprocess
import urllib.request


# Just edit this with your GitHub's username
USERNAME = 'HorlogeSkynet'

# Your gists will be into a folder named '`USERNAME`_Gists'
PATH = USERNAME + '_Gists'

# Checks existence (or creates) a directory which will contain the backup gists
if not os.path.exists(PATH):

	os.makedirs(PATH)

# Move into it !
os.chdir(PATH)

# Clone each gists of your account
for gist in json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.github.com/users/" + USERNAME + "/gists").read().decode()):

	# If the project does not exist on the filesystem yet...
	if not os.path.exists(gist['id']):

		# ... let's clone it
		subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', gist['git_pull_url']])

	# It DOES exist...
	else:

		# Move into the directory and pull it from the remote repository
		os.chdir(gist['id'])
		subprocess.call(['git', 'pull', 'origin', 'master'])

		# Don't forget to go back to the root saves's directory
		os.chdir('..')