Can I embed source files from GitHub on my web page other than Gists?

Question

Context

You can create a Gist on GitHub and embed it on your web page: embedding Gists.

This is an example of a randomly chosen Gist: tap.groovy.

Question

Is embedding also possible with other code files from GitHub, for example with this randomly chosen C# file ICommand.cs which is not a Gist?

Answer 1

You can try https://emgithub.com, which does exactly what you want.

To embed the example file ICommand.cs in your question, you can just add "em" before "github.com" in the address bar, then press Enter.

Then you can get a script tag like this:

<script src="https://emgithub.com/embed-v2.js?target=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdotnet%2Fcorefx%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSystem.ObjectModel%2Fsrc%2FSystem%2FWindows%2FInput%2FICommand.cs&style=default&type=code&showBorder=on&showLineNumbers=on&showFileMeta=on&showCopy=on"></script>

Note if you simply click Run code snippet in StackOverflow, the copying button at top right corner may not work. Running it outside SO would work fine.

Unlike other websites that do similar work, EmGithub.com is a static site hosted on Github Pages. Fetching target files and highlighting are done on your browser.

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Disclosure: I'm the developer of it :)

Answer 2

You can use https://gist-it.appspot.com/:

<script src="http://gist-it.appspot.com/https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/src/System.ObjectModel/src/System/Windows/Input/ICommand.cs"></script>