Create GitHub Gist with Python requests

create_gist.py

# this example is adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/50704456

import requests, json

# handler below is a Gramex FunctionHandler object
# ref: https://learn.gramener.com/guide/functionhandler/
# three arguments are passed from the user input: ?js=, ?json=, and ?md=

data = json.dumps({
  "public":"true",
  "files": {
    "index.js": {
      "content": handler.get_argument('js')
    },
    "data.json": {
      "content": handler.get_argument('json')
    },
    "README.md": {
      "content": handler.get_argument('md')
    }
  }
})

# GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN is a personal access token created under my profile -> developer settings

response = requests.post('https://api.github.com/gists', data=data, auth=('bkamapantula', GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN))
return json.dumps(response.text)