createPrivateGist.js

/**
 * Creates a private GitHub Gist
 * @param {string} description - Gist description
 * @param {Object.<string, string>} files - Object with filenames as keys and content as values
 * @param {string} token - GitHub Personal Access Token with gist scope
 * @returns {Promise<Object>} - GitHub Gist API response object
 * @throws {Error} - If the API request fails
 */
async function createPrivateGist(description, files, token) {
    if (!token) {
        throw new Error('GitHub token is required');
    }
    
    if (!files || Object.keys(files).length === 0) {
        throw new Error('At least one file is required');
    }

    // Transform the files object into the format expected by GitHub's API
    const gistFiles = Object.entries(files).reduce((acc, [filename, content]) => {
        acc[filename] = { content };
        return acc;
    }, {});

    const gistData = {
        description: description || '',
        public: false,
        files: gistFiles
    };

    const response = await fetch('https://api.github.com/gists', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
            'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        },
        body: JSON.stringify(gistData)
    });

    const data = await response.json();

    if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(data.message || `Failed to create gist: ${response.status}`);
    }

    return data;
}

// Example usage:
/*
const files = {
    'example.json': JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' }, null, 2),
    'data.json': JSON.stringify({ numbers: [1, 2, 3] }, null, 2)
};

try {
    const gist = await createPrivateGist(
        'My private gist description',
        files,
        'ghp_your_token_here'
    );
    
    console.log('Gist URL:', gist.html_url);
    console.log('Raw URLs:', Object.entries(gist.files).reduce((acc, [filename, file]) => {
        acc[filename] = file.raw_url;
        return acc;
    }, {}));
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error creating gist:', error.message);
}
*/

Created with Claude: https://gist.github.com/simonw/e0a784d258925e84af2a00c98d61accc