v3 APIを使ってGistに投稿する適当スクリプト

gist.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# a test script to post gist
# usage: GITHUB_TOKEN=xxxxxxx $0
require 'net/https'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
require 'pp'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.github.com/gists?access_token=#{ENV['GITHUB_TOKEN']}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

postdata = {
  "description" => "the description for this gist",
  "public" => true,
  "files" => {
    "file1.txt" => {
      "content" => "String file contents"
    }
  }
}

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
request.body = postdata.to_json

response, data = http.request(request)

pp JSON.parse(response.body)