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GitHub Gists (Independent Publisher) (Preview)

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GitHub Gists enables the authorized user to list, create, update and delete the public gists on GitHub.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions except the following:
     -   Azure Government regions
     -   Azure China regions
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Automate Premium All Power Automate regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Apps Premium All Power Apps regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Contact
Name Troy Taylor
URL https://www.hitachisolutions.com
Email ttaylor@hitachisolutions.com
Connector Metadata
Publisher Troy Taylor
Website https://docs.github.com/en/rest/gists/gists
Privacy policy https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement
Categories Content and Files

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 60 seconds

Actions

Check for starred gist

Check if a gist is starred.
Create a gist

Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files.
Create gist comment

Create a gist comment.
Delete a gist

Delete a gist.
Delete gist comment

Delete a gist comment.
Fork a gist

Fork a gist.
Get a gist

Retrieve a gist.
Get gist comment

Retrieve a gist comment.
Get gist revision

Retrieve a gist revision.
List gist comments

List all comments for a gist.
List gist commits

Retrieve a list of gist commits.
List gist forks

Retrieve a list of gist forks.
List gists for the authenticated user

Lists the authenticated user's gists or if called anonymously, this endpoint returns all public gists:
List public gists

List public gists sorted by most recently updated to least recently updated.
List starred gists

List the authenticated user's starred gists:
Star gist

Star a gist.
Unstar gist

Unstar a gist.
Update a gist

Allows you to update a gist's description and to update, delete, or rename gist files. Files from the previous version of the gist that aren't explicitly changed during an edit are unchanged.
Update gist comment

Update a gist comment.

Check for starred gist

Operation ID:
Gists_check-is-starred

Check if a gist is starred.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Create a gist

Operation ID:
Gists_create

Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Description
 description string

Description of the gist
files
 files True object

Names and content for the files that make up the gist
Flag
 public boolean

Flag indicating whether the gist is public

Returns

Gist Simple

Gist Simple
gist-simple

Create gist comment

Operation ID:
Gists_create-comment

Create a gist comment.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Text
 body True string

The comment text.

Returns

A comment made to a gist.

Gist Comment
gist-comment

Delete a gist

Operation ID:
Gists_delete

Delete a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Delete gist comment

Operation ID:
Gists_delete-comment

Delete a gist comment.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Comment ID
 comment_id True integer

The unique identifier of the comment.

Fork a gist

Operation ID:
Gists_fork

Fork a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Returns

Base Gist

Base Gist
base-gist

Get a gist

Operation ID:
Gists_get

Retrieve a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Returns

Gist Simple

Gist Simple
gist-simple

Get gist comment

Operation ID:
Gists_get-comment

Retrieve a gist comment.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Comment ID
 comment_id True integer

The unique identifier of the comment.

Returns

A comment made to a gist.

Gist Comment
gist-comment

Get gist revision

Operation ID:
Gists_get-revision

Retrieve a gist revision.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
SHA
 sha True string

The SHA.

Returns

Gist Simple

Gist Simple
gist-simple

List gist comments

Operation ID:
Gists_list-comments

List all comments for a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of gist-comment

List gist commits

Operation ID:
Gists_list-commits

Retrieve a list of gist commits.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of gist-commit

List gist forks

Operation ID:
Gists_list-forks

Retrieve a list of gist forks.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of gist-simple

List gists for the authenticated user

Operation ID:
Gists_list

Lists the authenticated user's gists or if called anonymously, this endpoint returns all public gists:

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Since
 since string

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of base-gist

List public gists

Operation ID:
Gists_list-public

List public gists sorted by most recently updated to least recently updated.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Since
 since string

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of base-gist

List starred gists

Operation ID:
Gists_list-starred

List the authenticated user's starred gists:

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Since
 since string

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
Per Page
 per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).
Page
 page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Returns

response
array of base-gist

Star gist

Operation ID:
Gists_star

Star a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Unstar gist

Operation ID:
Gists_unstar

Unstar a gist.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.

Update a gist

Operation ID:
Gists_update

Allows you to update a gist's description and to update, delete, or rename gist files. Files from the previous version of the gist that aren't explicitly changed during an edit are unchanged.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Description
 description True string

The description of the gist.
files
 files object

The gist files to be updated, renamed, or deleted. Each key must match the current filename (including extension) of the targeted gist file.

Returns

Gist Simple

Gist Simple
gist-simple

Update gist comment

Operation ID:
Gists_update-comment

Update a gist comment.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Gist ID
 gist_id True string

The unique identifier of the gist.
Comment ID
 comment_id True integer

The unique identifier of the comment.
Text
 body True string

The comment text.

Returns

A comment made to a gist.

Gist Comment
gist-comment

Definitions

nullable-simple-user

Simple User

Name Path Type Description
Name
 name string

The name.
Email
 email string

The email address.
Login
 login string

The login.
ID
 id integer

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
Avatar URL
 avatar_url string

The avatar URL address.
Gravatar ID
 gravatar_id string

The Gravatar identifier.
URL
 url string

The URL address.
HTML URL
 html_url string

The HTML URL address.
Followers URL
 followers_url string

The followers URL address.
Following URL
 following_url string

The following URL address.
Gists URL
 gists_url string

The Gists URL address.
Starred URL
 starred_url string

The starred URL address.
Subscriptions URL
 subscriptions_url string

The subscriptions URL address.
Organizations URL
 organizations_url string

The organizations URL address.
Repos URL
 repos_url string

The repos URL address.
Events URL
 events_url string

The events URL address.
Received Events URL
 received_events_url string

The received events URL address.
Type
 type string

The type.
Site Admin
 site_admin boolean

The site admin.
Starred At
 starred_at string

The starred at.

simple-user

Simple User

Name Path Type Description
Name
 name string

The name.
Email
 email string

The email address.
Login
 login string

The login.
ID
 id integer

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
Avatar URL
 avatar_url string

The avatar URL address.
Gravatar ID
 gravatar_id string

The Gravatar identifier.
URL
 url string

The URL address.
HTML URL
 html_url string

The HTML URL address.
Followers URL
 followers_url string

The followers URL address.
Following URL
 following_url string

The following URL address.
Gists URL
 gists_url string

The Gists URL address.
Starred URL
 starred_url string

The starred URL address.
Subscriptions URL
 subscriptions_url string

The subscriptions URL address.
Organizations URL
 organizations_url string

The organizations URL address.
Repos URL
 repos_url string

The repos URL address.
Events URL
 events_url string

The events URL address.
Received Events URL
 received_events_url string

The received events URL address.
Type
 type string

The type.
Site Admin
 site_admin boolean

The site admin.
Starred At
 starred_at string

The starred at.

author-association

How the author is associated with the repository.

How the author is associated with the repository.

author_association
string

base-gist

Base Gist

Name Path Type Description
URL
 url string

The URL address.
Forks URL
 forks_url string

The forks URL address.
Commits URL
 commits_url string

The commits URL address.
ID
 id string

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
Git Pull URL
 git_pull_url string

The Git pull URL address.
Git Push URL
 git_push_url string

The Git push URL address.
HTML URL
 html_url string

The HTML URL address.
files
 files object
Public
 public boolean

Whether public.
Created At
 created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 updated_at string

When updated at.
Description
 description string

The description.
Comments
 comments integer

The number of comments.
Comments URL
 comments_url string

The comments URL address.
Simple User
 owner simple-user

Simple User
Truncated
 truncated boolean

Whether truncated.
Forks
 forks array of

The forks.
History
 history array of

The history.

public-user

Public User

Name Path Type Description
Login
 login string

The login.
ID
 id integer

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
Avatar URL
 avatar_url string

The avatar URL address.
Gravatar ID
 gravatar_id string

The Gravatar identifier.
URL
 url string

The URL address.
HTML URL
 html_url string

The HTML URL address.
Followers URL
 followers_url string

The followers URL address.
Following URL
 following_url string

The following URL address.
Gists URL
 gists_url string

The Gists URL address.
Starred URL
 starred_url string

The starred URL address.
Subscriptions URL
 subscriptions_url string

The subscriptions URL address.
Organizations URL
 organizations_url string

The organizations URL address.
Repos URL
 repos_url string

The repos URL address.
Events URL
 events_url string

The events URL address.
Received Events URL
 received_events_url string

The received events URL address.
Type
 type string

The type.
Site Admin
 site_admin boolean

The site admin.
Name
 name string

The name.
Company
 company string

The company.
Blog
 blog string

The blog.
Location
 location string

The location.
Email
 email email

The email address.
Hireable
 hireable boolean

Whether hireable.
Bio
 bio string

The bio.
Twitter Username
 twitter_username string

The Twitter username.
Public Repos
 public_repos integer

The number of public repos.
Public Gists
 public_gists integer

The number of public Gists.
Followers
 followers integer

The number of followers.
Following
 following integer

The number following.
Created At
 created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 updated_at string

When updated at.
Collaborators
 plan.collaborators integer

The number of collaborators.
Name
 plan.name string

The name.
Space
 plan.space integer

The plan space.
Private Repos
 plan.private_repos integer

The number of private repos.
Suspended At
 suspended_at string

When suspended at.
Private Gists
 private_gists integer

The number of private Gists.
Total Private Repos
 total_private_repos integer

The total number of private repos.
Owned Private Repos
 owned_private_repos integer

The number of owned private repos.
Disk Usage
 disk_usage integer

The disk usage.
Collaborators
 collaborators integer

The number of collaborators.

gist-history

Gist History

Name Path Type Description
Version
 version string

The version.
Committed At
 committed_at string

When committed at.
Total
 change_status.total integer

The total.
Additions
 change_status.additions integer

The number of additions.
Deletions
 change_status.deletions integer

The number of deletions.
URL
 url string

The URL address.

gist-simple

Gist Simple

Name Path Type Description
forks
 forks array of object
ID
 forks.id string

The identifier.
URL
 forks.url string

The URL address.
Public User
 forks.user public-user

Public User
Created At
 forks.created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 forks.updated_at string

When updated at.
history
 history array of gist-history
URL
 fork_of.url string

The URL address.
Forks URL
 fork_of.forks_url string

The forks URL address.
Commits URL
 fork_of.commits_url string

The commits URL address.
ID
 fork_of.id string

The identifier.
Node ID
 fork_of.node_id string

The node identifier.
Git Pull URL
 fork_of.git_pull_url string

The Git pull URL address.
Git Push URL
 fork_of.git_push_url string

The Git pull URL address.
HTML URL Address
 fork_of.html_url string

The HTML URL address.
files
 fork_of.files object
Public
 fork_of.public boolean

Whether public.
Created At
 fork_of.created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 fork_of.updated_at string

When updated at.
Description
 fork_of.description string

The description.
Comments
 fork_of.comments integer

The comments.
Comments URL
 fork_of.comments_url string

The comments URL address.
Simple User
 fork_of.owner nullable-simple-user

Simple User
Truncated
 fork_of.truncated boolean

Whether truncated.
Forks
 fork_of.forks array of

The forks.
History
 fork_of.history array of

The history.
URL
 url string

The URL address.
Forks URL
 forks_url string

The forks URL address.
Commits URL
 commits_url string

The commits URL address.
ID
 id string

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
Git Pull URL
 git_pull_url string

The Git pull URL address.
Git Push URL
 git_push_url string

The Git push URL address.
HTML URL
 html_url string

The HTML URL address.
files
 files object
Public
 public boolean

Whether public.
Created At
 created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 updated_at string

When updated at.
Description
 description string

The description.
Comments
 comments integer

The comments.
User
 user string

The user.
Comments URL
 comments_url string

The comments URL address.
Simple User
 owner simple-user

Simple User
Truncated
 truncated boolean

Whether truncated.

gist-comment

A comment made to a gist.

Name Path Type Description
ID
 id integer

The identifier.
Node ID
 node_id string

The node identifier.
URL
 url string

The URL address.
Body
 body string

The body.
Created At
 created_at string

When created at.
Updated At
 updated_at string

When updated at.
author_association
 author_association author-association

How the author is associated with the repository.

gist-commit

Gist Commit

Name Path Type Description
URL
 url string

The URL address.
Version
 version string

The version.
Total
 change_status.total integer

The total.
Additions
 change_status.additions integer

The number of additions.
Deletions
 change_status.deletions integer

The number of deletions.
Committed At
 committed_at string

When committed at.