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New from Gist.py

### Based on: https://gist.github.com/b0644f5ed1d94bd32805
### This version strips unicode characters from the downloaded script
### to work around the currently limited unicode support of the editor
### module.

# This script downloads and opens a Gist from a URL in the clipboard.
# It's meant to be put in the editor's actions menu.
#
# It works with "raw" and "web" gist URLs, but not with gists that
# contain multiple files or non-Python files.
# 
# If a file already exists, a dialog is shown that asks whether the
# new file should be renamed automatically.

import clipboard
import editor
import console
import re
import os

class InvalidGistURLError (Exception): pass
class MultipleFilesInGistError (Exception): pass
class NoFilesInGistError (Exception): pass
class GistDownloadError (Exception): pass

def download_gist(gist_url):
	# Returns a 2-tuple of filename and content
	# console.show_activity()
	raw_match = re.match('http(s?)://raw.github.com/gist/', gist_url)
	if raw_match:
		import requests
		from urlparse import urlparse
		filename = os.path.split(urlparse(gist_url).path)[1]
		try:
			r = requests.get(gist_url)
			content = r.text
			return filename, content
		except:
			raise GistDownloadError()
	else:
		gist_id_match = re.match('http(s?)://gist.github.com/([0-9a-f]*)', gist_url)
		if gist_id_match:
			import requests
			gist_id = gist_id_match.group(2)
			json_url = 'https://api.github.com/gists/' + gist_id
			try:
				import json
				gist_json = requests.get(json_url).text
				gist_info = json.loads(gist_json)
				files = gist_info['files']
			except:
				raise GistDownloadError()
			py_files = []
			for file_info in files.values():
				lang =  file_info.get('language', None)
				if lang != 'Python':
					continue 
				py_files.append(file_info)
			if len(py_files) > 1:
				raise MultipleFilesInGistError()
			elif len(py_files) == 0:
				raise NoFilesInGistError()
			else:
				file_info = py_files[0]
				filename = file_info['filename']
				content = file_info['content']
				return filename, content
		else:
			raise InvalidGistURLError()

def main():
	gist_url = clipboard.get()
	try:
		filename, content = download_gist(gist_url)
		content = content.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
		if os.path.isfile(filename):
			i = console.alert('File exists', 'A file with the name ' + filename + 
			                  ' already exists in your library.',
			                  'Auto Rename')
			if i == 1:
				editor.make_new_file(filename, content)
		else:
			editor.make_new_file(filename, content)
	except InvalidGistURLError:
		console.alert('No Gist URL',
		              'The clipboard doesn\'t seem to contain a valid Gist URL.',
		              'OK')
	except MultipleFilesInGistError:
		console.alert('Multiple Files', 'This Gist contains multiple ' +
			            'Python files, which isn\'t currently supported.')
	except NoFilesInGistError:
		console.alert('No Python Files', 'This Gist contains no Python files.')
	except GistDownloadError:
		console.alert('Error', 'The Gist could not be downloaded.')
		
if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

The Script doesn't work for me. :-(

Looks like the script expect the URL in the format gist.github.com/$GISTID (line 41) but the URLs on GitHub Gist have the format gist.github.com/$USERID/$GISTID.

Your old script worked with this format.

Why did you change it?

Don't use the URL in the browser, use the clone URL (in the sidebar on the right).

so for this gist, that url is https://gist.github.com/4076735.git