Log Gist Comments

log-gist-comments.js

/**
 * Log comments on a particular gist. Verrrry simple/naive/stupid.
 * @param  {Global} win Window
 */
(function logGistComments(win){
	'use strict';
	var gid = win.prompt('Gist ID [\'200c7ca83f2dfcd92a09\']', '200c7ca83f2dfcd92a09');
	if (gid) {
		var url = 'https://api.github.com/gists/{id}/comments'.replace('{id}',gid),
			req = new XMLHttpRequest(),
			res, l, i;
		req.open('GET', url, true);
		req.onload = function() {
		  if (req.status == 200) {
		    res = JSON.parse(req.responseText);
		    l = res.length;
			console.log('\n--------------------------');
		    console.log("Gist %s has %s comments:", gid, l);
			console.log('--------------------------');
		    for (i=0;i<l;i++) {
				console.log('\n[%s] %s: ', res[i].created_at, res[i].user.login);
				console.log('%s', res[i].body);
				console.log('\n--------------------------');
		    }
		  }
		};
		req.send();
	} else {
		console.log('Supply a (valid) Gist ID');
	}
})(window);

.. and don't forget to open Console to check 😄