A ComputerCraft Gist

gist.lua

-- Load a helper script to decode JSON from github 
os.loadAPI("tools/json")

-- This fancy {...} thing means all of
-- the command line arguments passed in
-- gist get url would produce "get" in position 1
args = {...}

-- The command the user is trying to run
-- should be "put" or "get"
command = args[1]
gistIDOrFile = args[2]

if args[1] == nil or args[2] == nil then
  print("Usage: gist put filename")
end

-- Allows gists to be posted 
-- as KeithHanson on Github
githubOauthToken = "token 8402f278e0dafc1c93870aebb5b71221ddd692e1"

httpHeaders = { Authorization = githubOauthToken }

baseURL = "https://api.github.com/"

if command == "put" then
  gistFileName = (gistIDOrFile .. ".lua")
  print("Creating: " .. gistFileName)
  
  -- Open the file, then read it, then close it
  fileHandle = fs.open(gistIDOrFile, "r")
  gistContent = fileHandle.readAll()
  fileHandle.close()
  
  -- Craft the data to post to github 
  postData = {}
  postData.description = "A ComputerCraft Gist"
  postData.public = true
  postData.files = {}
  postData.files[gistFileName] = {}
  postData.files[gistFileName].content = gistContent
  
  postJSON = json.encode(postData)
  
  postURL = (baseURL .. "gists")
  
  webHandle = http.post(postURL, postJSON, httpHeaders)
  
  webResult = webHandle.readAll()
  -- Use this to see the actual payload returned
  -- textutils.pagedPrint(webResult)
  
  jsonResults = json.decode(webResult)
  
  print(jsonResults["html_url"])
else
  print("Only the put command is support.")
end