An example of retrieving and iterating over public gists on GitHub

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import github3


    

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for gist in github3.public_gists(number=50):
    print('Gist {0.id} was created by {0.owner} on {0.created_at} and can be viewed at {0.html_url}'.format(gist))


    

    




Gist ac738b75a14615b88477 was created by adilakhter on 2014-08-17 19:20:24+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/ac738b75a14615b88477
Gist 0a9a309a9abcc6b5c4bf was created by openpanzer on 2014-08-17 19:20:10+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0a9a309a9abcc6b5c4bf
Gist 7683f4f65b38f845db77 was created by rodoard on 2014-08-17 19:19:36+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/7683f4f65b38f845db77
Gist 9e0c32c8a14be8f5d5a6 was created by alexdgarland on 2014-08-17 19:18:18+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/9e0c32c8a14be8f5d5a6
Gist 0e7360f80a7c3e1314b1 was created by netsmertia on 2014-08-17 19:17:25+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0e7360f80a7c3e1314b1
Gist 9d4801fea0a79a64d65f was created by johnjohnsp1 on 2014-08-17 19:16:57+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/9d4801fea0a79a64d65f
Gist 697b7c19baef76a7e255 was created by francescoagati on 2014-08-17 19:14:52+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/697b7c19baef76a7e255
Gist 2b3654bcc548ea46fd5a was created by jkhosla on 2014-08-17 19:14:37+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/2b3654bcc548ea46fd5a
Gist 52aef973e8cd3814273d was created by netsmertia on 2014-08-17 19:14:35+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/52aef973e8cd3814273d
Gist 0ebb15e96051435a8495 was created by ivycheung1208 on 2014-08-17 19:14:07+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0ebb15e96051435a8495
Gist 3e5e5344a8f4d7497ccd was created by mitsuhiko on 2014-08-17 19:13:32+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/3e5e5344a8f4d7497ccd
Gist a5619a2de7ab2c207977 was created by asez73 on 2014-08-17 19:13:24+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/a5619a2de7ab2c207977
Gist 2a0ef712770ed207f046 was created by 1992chenlu on 2014-08-17 19:13:15+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/2a0ef712770ed207f046
Gist 81f1ea72ec368b282e12 was created by jdehlin on 2014-08-17 19:13:08+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/81f1ea72ec368b282e12
Gist 6c864bdfced90b81d0a4 was created by rodoard on 2014-08-17 19:12:48+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/6c864bdfced90b81d0a4
Gist b38bcc0d9882507c918d was created by intothev01d on 2014-08-17 19:12:18+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/b38bcc0d9882507c918d
Gist 300f20f2705ccfff121f was created by sfujiwara on 2014-08-17 19:12:03+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/300f20f2705ccfff121f
Gist cf20734ce190c295bce0 was created by rodoard on 2014-08-17 19:10:04+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/cf20734ce190c295bce0
Gist 3ef046deac453abe5281 was created by dior001 on 2014-08-17 19:09:35+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/3ef046deac453abe5281
Gist 30e1572599d409ea60ce was created by wilbyang on 2014-08-17 19:09:15+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/30e1572599d409ea60ce
Gist 67e992f23aeb0c56c8a6 was created by rodoard on 2014-08-17 19:07:53+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/67e992f23aeb0c56c8a6
Gist 3c5aca83fc49137db35d was created by openpanzer on 2014-08-17 19:07:52+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/3c5aca83fc49137db35d
Gist 57099359cefcbbb4c07f was created by Arexxk on 2014-08-17 19:07:42+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/57099359cefcbbb4c07f
Gist b4ca18b8868485ada245 was created by krushd on 2014-08-17 19:07:15+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/b4ca18b8868485ada245
Gist 06b688f9857475215d88 was created by sanjuthomas on 2014-08-17 19:06:49+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/06b688f9857475215d88
Gist aa929546abe78aa2be81 was created by sanjuthomas on 2014-08-17 19:05:39+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/aa929546abe78aa2be81
Gist 593a3e39950d6ccf6d28 was created by CHLibrarian on 2014-08-17 19:05:36+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/593a3e39950d6ccf6d28
Gist 07bb9aa25f2dec34c353 was created by CHLibrarian on 2014-08-17 19:04:57+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/07bb9aa25f2dec34c353
Gist 77445b12dccddf898869 was created by sheolseol on 2014-08-17 19:04:42+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/77445b12dccddf898869
Gist 8fd26b4887231d2b6de7 was created by sackio on 2014-08-17 19:04:30+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/8fd26b4887231d2b6de7
Gist 03e46b12816e092a1f21 was created by CHLibrarian on 2014-08-17 19:04:17+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/03e46b12816e092a1f21
Gist faaa524186cd804fc059 was created by ramntry on 2014-08-17 19:03:47+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/faaa524186cd804fc059
Gist 4f8322e21803a97058fe was created by grondilu on 2014-08-17 19:03:34+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/4f8322e21803a97058fe
Gist 20cf25445e5ac9bf0028 was created by sanjuthomas on 2014-08-17 19:03:10+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/20cf25445e5ac9bf0028
Gist beb09796768d42ce9523 was created by CHLibrarian on 2014-08-17 19:03:08+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/beb09796768d42ce9523
Gist 0ed95c271587870feb5b was created by jakelodwick on 2014-08-17 19:02:38+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0ed95c271587870feb5b
Gist e22429a340cd28f2f626 was created by sanjuthomas on 2014-08-17 19:02:14+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/e22429a340cd28f2f626
Gist 5a62eddbe67dca0a45e2 was created by jakelodwick on 2014-08-17 19:01:46+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/5a62eddbe67dca0a45e2
Gist 3cbc187e86e302016fd3 was created by synthtech on 2014-08-17 19:01:25+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/3cbc187e86e302016fd3
Gist ef40230b822a2207c95b was created by sackio on 2014-08-17 19:00:04+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/ef40230b822a2207c95b
Gist 77df801086743a8159e7 was created by CHLibrarian on 2014-08-17 18:59:12+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/77df801086743a8159e7
Gist 0de978159530abcbba98 was created by sackio on 2014-08-17 18:59:05+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0de978159530abcbba98
Gist fbc99df944d2fd369d10 was created by cythux on 2014-08-17 18:58:42+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/fbc99df944d2fd369d10
Gist 9ae1fe82f8c335af5160 was created by santiblanko on 2014-08-17 18:58:37+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/9ae1fe82f8c335af5160
Gist c241cb84f28250a77232 was created by pudquick on 2014-08-17 18:55:26+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/c241cb84f28250a77232
Gist 187815899d6c3b4cb36e was created by sackio on 2014-08-17 18:55:19+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/187815899d6c3b4cb36e
Gist 798fa78c90642eebb3b4 was created by prakhar1989 on 2014-08-17 18:55:08+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/798fa78c90642eebb3b4
Gist 0042d48fbb469ce4bd4c was created by Softsapiens on 2014-08-17 18:54:50+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/0042d48fbb469ce4bd4c
Gist 91fd537b432b96979459 was created by georgkreimer on 2014-08-17 18:54:11+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/91fd537b432b96979459
Gist 3a43e1ee0ae57fd4a3d7 was created by yagudaev on 2014-08-17 18:54:07+00:00 and can be viewed at https://gist.github.com/3a43e1ee0ae57fd4a3d7

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gh = github3.login('username', 'password')


    

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for gist in gh.public_gists():
    print('Gist {0.id} was created by {0.owner} on {0.created_at} and can be viewed at {0.html_url}'.format(gist))