create-gist.ps1

create-gist.ps1

[CmdletBinding()]

Param(
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] $FullName,
    [string] $description,
    [switch] $public,
    [switch] $launchBrowser
)

begin
{
    if ( -not (test-path env:GITHUB_TOKEN))
    {
        throw "Missing GITHUB_TOKEN"
    }
    $files = @{}
}

process 
{
    $filename = split-path $FullName -Leaf
    $content = get-content -path $FullName -Raw
    $files.Add($filename, @{"content" = "$content"})
}

end
{
    $body = ConvertTo-Json (@{"description" = $description; "public" =  if ($public) {"true"} else {"false"} ; "files" = $files })
    $headers = @{"Authorization" = "token $env:GITHUB_TOKEN"}
    $resp = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/gists" -Method Post -Body $body -ContentType 'application/json' -Headers $headers
    $url = $resp.html_url

    Write-Output "New Gist URL: $url"

    if ($launchBrowser)
    {
        Start-Process $url
    }
}