Loading a single Gist via the API

file.js

const url = 'https://api.github.com/gists/8a6a3c508b7c71deb4070d3314900b1f';

function handleDone(data) {
    // this assumes the gist has a single file
    let filename = Object.keys(data.files)[0];
    let code = data.files[filename].content;
    $('pre').text(code);
    $('h1').text(data.description);
}

function handleFail() {
    console.log('Something went wrong. :(');
}

$.get(url).done(handleDone).fail(handleFail);