Scrape Your Gists
GistBox lets you tag/label your GitHub Gists, but it doesn’t let you export that label data.
The getbox gem installs a global executable, which will guide you through exporting your gists from GistBox.
$ gem install getbox
Successfully installed getbox-1.0.3
1 gem installed
$ getbox
I'm about to ask for your github password.
You should probably read my source code
before you go through with this...
https://github.com/amonks/getbox/blob/master/lib/getbox.rb
are you sure you want to continue?
$ I sure am!
What's your github username?
$ amonks
How about your password, eh??
$ [secret]
Where should I save your gists? [gists.json]
$ mygists.json
visiting app.gistboxapp.com
filling out github login form
gathering gists
Saving 46 gists to /Users/amonks/Desktop/mygists.json
API
You can even use the getbox gem in your own scripts, if you want.
method to enter an interactive prompt and save gists to a file as JSON:
Getbox::prompt
methods to return an array of gists:
Getbox::getGistsFromSite(username, password)
Getbox::getGistsFromFile(location_of_html_file)
Getbox::getGistsFromHtml(html_string)
The html should be from https://app.gistboxapp.com/library/my-gists