Clone all gists of GitHub username given on the command line.

clone-gists.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Clone all gists of GitHub user with given username.

Clones all gist repos into the current directory, using the gist id as the
directory name. If the directory already exists as a git repo, try to perform a
'git pull' in it.

"""

import os
import subprocess
import sys
import requests

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    gh_user = sys.argv[1]
else:
    print("Usage: clone-gists.py <GitHub username>")
    sys.exit(1)

req = requests.get('https://api.github.com/users/%s/gists' % gh_user)

for gist in req.json():
    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(gist['id'], '.git')):
        ret = subprocess.call(['git', 'pull'], cwd=gist['id'])
    else:
        ret = subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', gist['git_pull_url']])

    if ret != 0:
        print("***ERROR*** cloning/updating gist %s. Please check output." %
              gist['id'])