API documentation

GET /gists

List the authenticated user’s gists or if called anonymously, this will return all public gists:

Parameter	Type	Required?	Format	Description
since	string	false		A timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. Only gists updated at or after this time are returned.

POST /gists

Create a gist

Documentation

Documentation

Create a gist

Files parameter example:

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

Requirements

Name	Requirement	Type	Description
files		hash	The keys in the files hash are the string filename, and the value is another hash with a key of content, and a value of the file contents.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Format	Description
description	string	false		A description of the gist.
public	boolean	false		Indicates whether the gist is public. Default: false

GET /gists/{id}

Get a single gist

Name	Requirement	Type	Description
id

DELETE /gists/{id}

Delete a gist

Name	Requirement	Type	Description
id

GET /gists/{id}/commits

List gist commits