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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Filename: get-my-gists.py
+# Location: gitlab, probably
+# Author: Chris Arndt (stackoverflow uid 39275), bgstack15
+# Startdate: 2018-06-05 21:49
+# Title: Script That Downloads GitHub Gists in a Nice Format
+# Purpose: To facilitate my departure from GitHub
+# History:
+# Usage: ./get-my-gists.py bgstack15
+# Reference:
+#    copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6724490/pull-all-gists-from-github/34052242#34052242
+# Improve:
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Clone all gists of GitHub username given on the command line."""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import requests
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+   gh_user = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+   print("Usage: get-my-gists.py <GitHub username>")
+   sys.exit(1)
+
+req = requests.get('https://api.github.com/users/%s/gists' % gh_user)
+
+for gist in req.json():
+
+   # get attributes
+   name = gist['files'].keys()[0]
+   descrip = gist['description']
+
+   # debugging
+   print name + ": " + descrip
+
+   # clone the repo
+   ret = subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', gist['git_pull_url'], name])
+   if ret != 0:
+      print("ERROR cloning gist %s. Please check output." % gist['id'])
+
+   # save description
+   with open(name + "/" + "description", "w") as text_file:
+      text_file.write(descrip)