simplegist 1.0.1

Features

• Create Gists and get url, script and clone link on success (can be used for copy-paste purpose too)

• View one’s Gist(s) - name, description and it’s content

• Edit and Delete a gist

• Search Gist(s) of any user; fork, star and unstar them

• List all comments on any Gist, put/edit/delete a comment on a Gist

Installation

$ pip install simplegist

Download here and run python setup.py install after changing directory to /simplegist

Generating Github API Access Token

Go to Github’s Account settings > Applications Create a new token and use it for making API requests instead of password

Example Usage

from simplegist import Simplegist

ghGist = Simplegist(username='USERNAME', api_token='API_TOKEN')
# or provide USERNAME and API_TOKEN in config.py file, so just, ghGist = Gist()

# creating gist and getting url, script and clone link
ghGist.create(name='_GISTNAME', description='_ANY_DESCRIPTION', public=1, content='_CONTENT_GOES_HERE')

# List down all the names of authenticated user's Gists
ghGist.profile().listall()

# List down only the names of recent two Gists of user '_USERNAME'
ghGist.search('_USERNAME').list(2)

# List down all the comments on gist named '_GISTNAME' of user 'USERNAME'
ghGist.comments().listall(user='_USERNAME', name='_GISTNAME')

# ...and many more...

Full Usage and Documentation

Visit here READTHEDOCS or PYTHONHOSTED

Patches and suggestions are welcome

$ git clone https://github.com/softvar/simplegist.git
$ cd simplegist