diff --git a/pkg/cmd/gist/shared/shared_test.go b/pkg/cmd/gist/shared/shared_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f80db690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/gist/shared/shared_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_GetGistIDFromURL(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		url     string
+		want    string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "url",
+			url:  "https://gist.github.com/1234",
+			want: "1234",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "url with username",
+			url:  "https://gist.github.com/octocat/1234",
+			want: "1234",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "url, specific file",
+			url:  "https://gist.github.com/1234#file-test-md",
+			want: "1234",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid url",
+			url:     "https://gist.github.com",
+			wantErr: true,
+			want:    "Invalid gist URL https://gist.github.com",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			id, err := GistIDFromURL(tt.url)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.EqualError(t, err, tt.want)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, id)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/gist/view/view_test.go b/pkg/cmd/gist/view/view_test.go
index 185a2b979..0ddf55f49 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/gist/view/view_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/gist/view/view_test.go
@@ -83,12 +83,11 @@ func TestNewCmdView(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_viewRun(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		opts       *ViewOptions
-		wantOut    string
-		wantStderr string
-		gist       *shared.Gist
-		wantErr    bool
+		name    string
+		opts    *ViewOptions
+		wantOut string
+		gist    *shared.Gist
+		wantErr bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "no such gist",
@@ -192,22 +191,6 @@ func Test_viewRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantOut: "some files\ncicada.txt\n\nbwhiizzzbwhuiiizzzz\n\nfoo.md\n\n- foo\n\n",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "url",
-			opts: &ViewOptions{
-				Selector: "https://gist.github.com/octocat/1234",
-			},
-			wantErr:    true,
-			wantStderr: "HTTP 404 (https://api.github.com/gists/1234)",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid url",
-			opts: &ViewOptions{
-				Selector: "https://gist.github.com/octocat",
-			},
-			wantErr:    true,
-			wantStderr: "Invalid gist URL https://gist.github.com/octocat",
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -235,9 +218,6 @@ func Test_viewRun(t *testing.T) {
 			err := viewRun(tt.opts)
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
-				if tt.wantStderr != "" {
-					assert.EqualError(t, err, tt.wantStderr)
-				}
 				return
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, err)