how to create a gist in github that returns json data

Question

I came across a gist which returns JSON data https://gist.githubusercontent.com/rdsubhas/ed77e9547d989dabe061/raw/6d7775eaacd9beba826e0541ba391c0da3933878/gnc-js-api

I tried to create one to return JSON data and ended up like this https://gist.github.com/vigneshvdm/862ec5a97bbbe2021b79

How can i create a link like the first one and make it return data in JSON format

Answer 1

The problem is the HTTP response type is text/plain but you will need application/json for most clients to handle it properly.

Update: using rawgit.com I was able to get your test working with the correct content-type.

My test Gist: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/85dbc2c71023f24c2e26/raw/849848a71a1805a314897f9fe98eb7dc43e2e9b9/gistfile1.json

My RawGit URL: https://rawgit.com/anonymous/85dbc2c71023f24c2e26/raw/849848a71a1805a314897f9fe98eb7dc43e2e9b9/gistfile1.json

Using HTTP GET, sending over:

GET https://rawgit.com/anonymous/85dbc2c71023f24c2e26/raw/849848a71a1805a314897f9fe98eb7dc43e2e9b9/gistfile1.json HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Host: rawgit.com

Receiving back:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:57:07 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Robots-Tag: none
RawGit-Naughtiness: 0
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
ETag: "0250189db62d31523a5cd0da47449eb4"
Cache-Control: max-age=300
Vary: Accept-Encoding
RawGit-Cache-Status: HIT
Content-Length: 104

[{ Name: "Vignesh", Salary: 30000 },{ Name: "Yuvraj", Salary: 90000 },{ Name: "Nithya", Salary: 87000 }]

And a couple screenshots: