Create a new draft for n8henrie.com

newpost.py

"""newpost.py :: Create a new draft for n8henrie.com

Args:
    --drafts-dir: Path to drafts directory
"""

import datetime
import argparse


__version__ = 'v0.1.0'

template = """---
title: "{title}"
date: {date}
author: n8henrie
layout: post
excert: "{excerpt}"

# ggrep -oP '(?<=>Posts tagged with ).*?(?=<)' _site/tags/index.html
tags:
  -
categories:
  - tech
---
**Bottom line:** {excerpt}<!--more-->
""".format


def cli() -> dict:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("-d", "--drafts-dir", default="_posts/",
                        help="Destination for draft")
    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=__version__)
    args = parser.parse_args()
    return vars(args)


def main(drafts_dir: str) -> None:
    values = {}
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    values['date'] = now.isoformat()
    values['title'] = input("Post title: ")
    values['excerpt'] = input("Post excerpt: ")

    title_clean = ''.join(
            c
            for word in '-'.join(values['title'].lower().split())
            for c in word
            if c.isalnum() or c in ("'", "-")
            )

    filename = f"{drafts_dir}/{now:%Y-%m-%d}-{title_clean}.md"
    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write(template(**values))

    print(f"Post started at {filename}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(**cli())