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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title></title>
  <style>
    body {
      margin: 1em auto;
      max-width: 40em;
      width: 100%;
    }
    a, label, textarea, button {
      display: block;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
​
  <form method="post" action="https://api.github.com/gists">
    <label for="file-name">File name:</label>
    <input type="text" id="file-name">
    <label for="content">Gist content:</label>
    <textarea id="content"></textarea>
    <button type="submit">Post</button>
  </form>
​
  <div>Gists created so far:</div>
​
  <script>
    (function (win, doc) {
      // Find form elements.
      var forms = doc.querySelectorAll('form[method="post"]');
      // Prevent submit, do an xhr instead.
      forms.forEach(function(form) {
        form.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
          // Create the object structure gist.github.com expects:
          // https://developer.github.com/v3/gists/#create-a-gist
          var data = {
            "description": "anonymous gists from a form",
            "public": false,
            "files": {}
          };
          var fileName = document.querySelector('#file-name').value || 'file.txt';
          data.files[fileName] = {
            "content": document.querySelector('textarea').value
          }
          e.preventDefault();
          var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
          var method = form.getAttribute('method');
          var url = form.getAttribute('action');
          xhr.open(method, url, true);
          // Change the content-type from the default of application/x-www-form-urlencoded
          // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest/Using_XMLHttpRequest#Using_nothing_but_XMLHttpRequest
          xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;charset=UTF-8');
          xhr.onload = function(e) {
            var gistUrl = JSON.parse(e.target.response).html_url;
            // Show a link to the gist.
            var gistLink = doc.createElement('a');
            gistLink.setAttribute('href', gistUrl);
            gistLink.innerHTML = gistUrl;
            doc.body.appendChild(gistLink);
          };
          xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
        }, false);
      });
    })(this, this.document);
  </script>
</body>
</html>
​
 
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