public static final MediaType MEDIA_TYPE_MARKDOWN
      = MediaType.get("text/x-markdown; charset=utf-8");

  private final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

  public void run() throws Exception {
    File file = new File("README.md");

    Request request = new Request.Builder()
        .url("https://api.github.com/markdown/raw")
        .post(RequestBody.create(file, MEDIA_TYPE_MARKDOWN))
        .build();