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Created March 9, 2016 19:18
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Read a local markdown file and post as a new gist.
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gist-curler.sh
# like ok say you have a local file called `test.md` and your access token saved as an environmental variable ($GITHUB_TOKEN)
file_contents=$(cat test.md); curl -u cjwinchester:$GITHUB_TOKEN -X POST -d '{ "files": { "test.md": { "content": "'"$(echo $file_contents)"'" } }, "description": "testing the gist endpoint here don't mind me", "public": true }' https://api.github.com/gists
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