gist_search.rb

require "open-uri"
require "rubygems"
require "json"

USERNAME = "viking"

query = ARGV.first.downcase

gists = JSON.parse(open("https://api.github.com/users/#{USERNAME}/gists").read)

gists.each do |gist|
  description = gist['description']
  files = gist['files']

  if description.nil? || !description.include?(query)
    found = files.any? do |(filename, file)|
      if filename.downcase.include?(query)
        true
      else
        contents = open(file['raw_url']).read
        contents.include?(query)
      end
    end
    next unless found
  end
  puts "Description: #{description}" if !description.nil? && !description.empty?
  puts "Files: #{files.keys.join(", ")}"
  puts gist['html_url']
  puts
end