got it to open a web page if you add -o

Author: AWinterman

gist-put

@@ -2,32 +2,37 @@
 
 var post_gist = require("./lib/post")
   , program = require("commander")
+  , exec = require('child_process').spawn
+  , temp = require("temp")
 
 program
   .version("0.0.0")
   .usage("[options] <file1, file2>")
-  .option("-u, --public", "Make a public gist on your account (It's private by default). Needs to read your authentication details from `git credential fill`.")
+  .option("-p, --public", "Make a public gist on your account (It's secret by default). Needs to read your authentication details from `git credential fill`.")
   .option("-a, --anonymous", "Make an anonymous gist")
   .option('-d, --description <string>', "A description for your gist", String)
-
-program.on("--help", function(){
-  //additional help?
-})
-
-// TODO, if (program.args.length === 0){ 
-// // Open editor and then on quite make a
-// // gist of the file 
-// }
+  .option("-o, --open", "open the url in the default browser after creation")
 
 program.parse(process.argv)
 
-var privacy = ["anonymous", "public", "private"]
+// TODO, 
+if (program.args.length === 0){ 
+// Open editor and then on quite make a
+// gist of the file 
+  editor = process.env.EDITOR || "vim"
+  temp.open("gist-file", function(err, data){
+    exec(editor, [data.path])
+  })
+}
+
+var privacy = ["anonymous", "public", "secret"]
   .some(function(d, i, arr){
     privacy = arr[i]
-    if (arr[i] == "private"){
+    if (arr[i] == "secret"){
       return true
     }
     return program[d]
   })
 
-post_gist(program.args, privacy, process.description) 
+
+post_gist(program.args, privacy, process.description, program.open) 

lib/post.js

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ module.exports = simple_post
 var USER_AGENT = require("./user_agent")
   , oauth = require("./OAuth")
   , request = require("request")
+  , open = require("open")
   , path = require("path")
+  , ap = require("ap")
   , fs = require("fs")
 
 
 // file_names is a list of file names, privacy is an array with three possible
-function simple_post(file_names, privacy, description){
+function simple_post(file_names, privacy, description, to_open){
   // iterate through each file, opening it and reading the contents
 
   var payload 
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ function simple_post(file_names, privacy, description){
     , files: files
     }
 
-  if  (privacy === "public" || privacy === "private") {
+  if  (privacy === "public" || privacy === "secret") {
     // otherwise this needs to be not set
-    payload.public  = privacy === "public"
+    payload.public = privacy === "public"
   }
 
   for (var i = 0, len = file_names.length; i < len; ++i){
@@ -41,31 +43,35 @@ function simple_post(file_names, privacy, description){
       }
       // So long as we have not exhausted the list of files, call handler with
       // the next one.
-      (++counter < file_names.length) || done(payload)
+      (++counter < file_names.length) || ap([to_open], done)(payload)
     }
   }
 
-  function done(payload){
+  function done(to_open, payload){
     var r = {
         url: "https://api.github.com/gists" 
       , headers: {"User-Agent": USER_AGENT }
       , json: payload
     }
-
+    var this_report = ap([to_open], report)
     if (payload.public !== undefined){
       // then we need to get an Oauth token
       oauth(function(err, token){
         if (err) console.log(err)
         r.headers.Authorization = "bearer " +  token
-        request.post(r, report)
+        request.post(r, this_report)
       })
     } else {
-      request.post(r, report)
+      request.post(r, this_report)
     }
   }
 }
 
-function report(err, data){
+function report(to_open, err, data){
   // TODO open browser automatically
   console.log("url: ", data.body.html_url)
+  if (to_open) {
+    console.log("Opening the page in your browser")
+    open(data.body.html_url)
+  }
 }

package.json

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "~1.1.1",
     "request": "~2.20.0",
-    "ap": "~0.2.0"
+    "ap": "~0.2.0",
+    "temp": "~0.5.0"
   },
   "preferGlobal": "true",
   "bin": {