gist.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import http.client
import json

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("USAGE: gist.py gist-id")
        sys.exit(1)
    gist_id = sys.argv[1]
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.github.com')
    conn.request('GET', '/gists/' + gist_id, headers={'User-Agent': 'gist.py'})
    response = conn.getresponse().read().decode()
    print(json.loads(responseresponse.read().decode()))