GitHub Gists (Independent Publisher) (Preview)

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.