newblog

#!/usr/bin/env python

from datetime import datetime
import os
import re
from string import Template
import sys


BLOGDIR = "_posts/"
BLOGTMPL = """---
layout: post
title: ${title}
author: <Write your Github user ID>
---

Write your Blog content here
"""

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: ./newblog <title>")
        sys.exit(1)

    blog_title = sys.argv[1]
    blog_url = blog_title.lower()
    blog_url = re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9]+', '-', blog_url).strip('-')
    blog_url = re.sub(r'[-]+', '-', blog_url)
    filename = datetime.now().strftime(BLOGDIR + "%Y-%m-%d-" + blog_url + ".md")

    # Validate if same URL is used earlier
    for blog_file in os.listdir(BLOGDIR):
        if blog_file.endswith(blog_url+".md"):
            print("Blog file with same Title/URL exist(%s)" % blog_file)
            sys.exit(1)


    with open(filename, "w") as f:
        f.write(Template(BLOGTMPL).substitute(
            title=blog_title
        ))
    print("Created %s\n\nHappy Blogging!" % filename)