Command line tool to make gists

mkgist

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests, argparse, configparser, os.path, json

config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read(os.path.expanduser("~/.config/github.ini"))
creds = config["credentials"]

def read_file(fn):
	with open(fn) as f: return dict(content=f.read())

def give_filenames(filenames):
	ret = dict()
	for file in filenames:
		if "=" in file:
			tofile, fromfile = file.split("=")
			ret[os.path.basename(tofile)]=read_file(fromfile)
		else:
			ret[os.path.basename(file)]=read_file(file)
	return ret

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="mkgist",description="Creates a gist.")
parser.add_argument("-p","--public",help="Whether the gist will be public. Defaults to false.",action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("description",help="Description of the gist's contents.")
parser.add_argument("file",nargs="*",help="File names to be put in the gist.\nIf you want a file to be uploaded under a different name, use the format `uploadname=localname`.")
args = parser.parse_args()
data = dict()
data["description"]=args.description
data["files"]=give_filenames([os.path.expanduser(f) for f in args.file])
data["public"]=args.public
print(json.dumps(data,indent=2))
r = requests.post("https://api.github.com/gists",json=data,auth=(creds["user"],creds["pass"]))
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["html_url"])