pelican_bootstrap_new_post.py

import datetime
import os

__name__ = "Script for generating Markdown metadata for a new post for pelican"
__author__ = "Naren Arya"
__date__ = "08-01-2016"


BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
title = input("Enter title for your brand new article: ")
category = input("Enter category: ")
tags = input("Enter tags with comma seperated: ")
slug = input("Enter slug(blank for default): ")
summary = input("Enter summary for your writeup: ")
date = modified = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S')
file_name = '_'.join(title.split()) + '.md'

if slug.strip() == '':
    slug = date

template = """
Title : {title}
Date: {date}
Modified: {modified}
Category: {category}
Tags: {tags}
Slug: {slug}
Authors: Naren Arya
Summary: {summary}

<!---
Begin your post content here
-->

"""

template = template.format(
                title=title,
                date=date,
                modified=modified,
                tags=tags,
                slug=slug,
                summary=summary,
                category=category
                )

with open(BASE_DIR + 'content/' + file_name, 'w') as f:
    f.write(template)

print("File successfully created -> %s" % file_name)