Gists API empty result for Private Profiles

[amattu2]

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Under Github user settings, the option to Make profile private and hide activity is available. When enabling Private Profile, the Github Gists API returns an empty array.

Certainly this is a bug, given that the Repos API still returns all of my public repos, even when Private Profile is enabled. If I visit my Gists profile (not logged in), I can still see all of my public gists either way.

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With private mode DISABLED, the API returns (abbreviated result):

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665/forks",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665/commits",
    "id": "31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665",
    "node_id": "G_kwDOAklLb9oAIDMxZjg0MzEyMjc4MzUwOGZiYjIyN2M0OTFlZWE5NjY1",
    "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665.git",
    "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665.git",
    "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665",
    "files": {
      "RepairOrder.php": {
        "filename": "RepairOrder.php",
        "type": "application/x-httpd-php",
        "language": "PHP",
        "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/amattu2/31f843122783508fbb227c491eea9665/raw/d11c3fe179acfb4b1b91d4b374d66b6c774c0bc1/RepairOrder.php",
        "size": 11101
      }
    }
  }
]

With private mode ENABLED, the API returns:

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[glowinthedark]

looks like for private profiles the solution is to use authentication as per https://docs.github.com/en/rest/gists/gists?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-gists-for-the-authenticated-user using a generic or fine-grained access token:

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/gists

with python

import requests
# assuming you have defined `user` as the github user name
resp = requests.get(f'https://api.github.com/users/{user}/gists', headers={
    "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>",
    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
})

for gist in resp.json():
    print(gist)

Clone gist with git

Another option (a workaround rather than a direct answer) is to clone the gist using the git clone URL that is displayed in the Embed dropdown > Clone via HTTPS > git clone https://gist.github.com/1234567890abcde...........xyz.git

official documentation:

• https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/editing-and-sharing-content-with-gists/forking-and-cloning-gists#cloning-gists

[carlajarchuleta1-a11y]

import requests

assuming you have defined user as the github user name

resp = requests.get(f'https://api.github.com/users/{user}/gists', headers={
"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
"Authorization": "Bearer ",
"X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
})

for gist in resp.json():
print(gist)