In order to be able to create gists the code requires a valid OAuth token with the gist scope. This token can be generated by visiting the following URL: https://github.com/settings/tokens

The code will look for the token in the following locations and order of precedence:

• an environment variable GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN
• a .gist file in your home directory

Something is likley misencoded in the attached file. This could be a bug in SimpleGist. Please file an issue.

The token was not accepted by the GitHub API. This can happen if the token could not be found (e.g. no .gist file) or if it has expired.

A file is required to create a gist. An unique empty file will return this error.