Python Script to Publish to dev.to

publish.py

import webbrowser
import requests
import json
import os
import sys

headers_dev = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "api-key": os.environ["DEV_API_KEY"],
}


def main(markdown_path: str, title: str):
    markdown_content = get_markdown_content(markdown_path)
    if title == "":
        input_title = input("Enter the title of the article: ")
    publish_article_dev(markdown_content, title)


def get_markdown_content(markdown_path: str):
    with open(markdown_path, "r") as file:
        markdown_content = file.read()
    return markdown_content


def publish_article_dev(markdown_content: str, title: str):
    article_payload = {
        "article": {
            "title": title,
            "body_markdown": markdown_content,
            "published": False,
        }
    }
    try:
        res = requests.post(
            url="https://dev.to/api/articles",
            headers=headers_dev,
            data=json.dumps(article_payload),
        )
        res.raise_for_status()
        print("Article published successfully!")
        print("Response:", res.json())
        webbrowser.open("https://dev.to/dashboard")
    except:
        print(f"Failed to publish article. Status code: {res.status_code}")
        print("Response:", res.json())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(markdown_path=sys.argv[1], title=sys.argv[2])

Add the following to your .bash_profile

1. set DEV_API_KEY an an environment variable.
2. fix fullpath to python script
3. run publish <fullpath.md> from CLI and done. The title is taken from the filename, to name once and properly. Ensure the path to publish.py below is fixed!

# EXPORT API KEY 
export DEV_API_KEY="<secret>"
# DEV.TO PUBLISHER

function publish {
  set -x
  markdown_path="$1"
  title=$(extract_title "$markdown_path")
  echo "$markdown_path"
  echo "$title"
 # FIX PATH BELOW!
jjkj  python3 /Users/publish.py "$markdown_path" "$title"
  set +x
}

function extract_title {
    filename=$(basename "$1")
    filename="${filename%.*}"
    filename="${filename#*-*-*-}"
    title="${filename//-/ }"
    echo "$title"
}