Python v1.0

This now has the same functionality as my BASH script

It is approx 100 lines of code longer. It took a bit more effort in finding solutions, allied to my knowledge also.

There are a couple of lines that are essentially calls to BASH, that I could probably convert in some way to more pythonic versions. There is a lot of verbose coding to my very untrained eye. It works, but I think could be tighter. A rewrite in the future if my knowledge increases…

#!/usr/bin/env python

          # TODO - work out how to link *Tags* to tags.html & to do a search on *Tag*

          

          import os, re, subprocess, frontmatter

          from datetime import datetime

          

          draftsDir = 'drafts/'

          postsDir = 'posts/'

          tmplDir = 'tmpl/'

          

          WEBSITE = "https://analoguelife.xyz/"

          SITE = "AnalogueLife"

          AUTHOR = f"{os.getlogin()}@analoguelife"

          DEFAULTFOLDER = os.getcwd()

          EDITOR = os.environ.get('EDITOR','lvim+ +startinsert')

          INDEX = "index.html"

          

          # Create New Post

          def newPost():

          title = input("Title of new Post? ")

          TITLE = title

          HEADER = SITE

          SUBHEAD = "Analogue witterings..."

          DATE = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")

          EXT = "md"

          SLUG = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '-', title).lower()

          if title[0] == "2":

          TITLE = title[11:]

          if not os.path.isfile(f"{DEFAULTFOLDER}/drafts/{SLUG}.{EXT}"):

          with open(f"{DEFAULTFOLDER}/drafts/{SLUG}.{EXT}", "w") as file:

          file.write(f"---\nwebsite: {WEBSITE}\nsite: {SITE}\nheader: {HEADER}\nsubhead: {SUBHEAD}\ntitle:
          {TITLE}\nauthor: {AUTHOR}\ndate: {DATE}\nslug: {SLUG}\ntags: [ , ]\n---\n\n")

          os.system(f"{EDITOR} {DEFAULTFOLDER}/drafts/{SLUG}.{EXT}")

          exit()

          

          # Publish draft Post to posts/ directory before pushing via Git.

          def publishPost():

          print(' Choose which Post to \'Publish\', or 0 to exit')

          print(' ----------------------------------------------')

          filesDict = getFiles()

          if not filesDict: 

          print('\t### No Files in Drafts to Publish ###\n')

          else:

          # code here to select file from list/dict

          userOption = ''

          userOption = int(input('\t >> Enter your choice: '))

          print('\t','\t>> You chose this file to \'PUBLISH\':',
          filesDict[userOption])

          filename = filesDict[userOption]

          #get tags from frontmatter

          getTags(filename)

          # write markdown to main html files

          fileout = postsDir+os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + ".html"

          args1 = ['pandoc', draftsDir+filename, '-o', fileout, '--template=tmpl/main.html']

          subprocess.check_call(args1)

          # write tags to post.html

          subprocess.call(['sed', '-i', '/<!--TAGS-->/r tmpl/tags.html', fileout])

          # write markdown to main html files

          entryout = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + '-entry' + ".html"

          args2 = ['pandoc', draftsDir+filename, '-o', entryout,
          '--template=tmpl/entry.html']

          subprocess.check_call(args2)

          subprocess.call(['sed', '-i', '/<!--ENTRY-->/r'+entryout,
          'index.html'])

          # Remove entry

          os.remove(entryout)

          # Delete draft

          os.remove(draftsDir+filesDict[userOption])

          print('\t>> Temporary \'Entry\' & Draft deleted\n')

          

          # Delete draft Post

          def deleteLocalDraft():

          print(' Select Draft to \'Delete\', or 0 to exit')

          print(' ----------------------------------------')

          filesDict = getFiles()

          if not filesDict: 

          print('\t### No Files in Drafts to Delete ###\n')

          else:

          userOption = ''

          userOption = int(input('\t>> Enter your choice: '))

          print('\t','----> You chose this file to \'DELETE\':', filesDict[userOption])

          while True:

          ans = ''

          try:

          print('Confirm by typing: yes, no or Q to exit')

          ans = input('\t>> Enter confirmation: ')

          except:

          print('>> Answer either \'yes\', \'no\' or Q\n')

          if ans == 'yes':

          os.remove(draftsDir+filesDict[userOption])

          print('>> File deleted\n')

          exit()

          elif ans == 'no':

          print('>> Cancelled\n')

          exit()

          elif ans == 'Q':

          print('>> You chose to exit!\n')

          exit()

          else: 

          print('>> Invalid option. Please enter \'yes\', \'no\' or \'Q\'.\n')

          

          # Push to repository

          def pushToRepo():

          print(subprocess.run(["./gitpush","arguments"], shell=True))

          print('\n -----------------------------')

          print(' Successfully pushed to repo')

          print(' -----------------------------\n')

          exit()

          

          # Read .md for Tags in frontmatter 

          def getTags(filename):

          with open(draftsDir+filename) as f:

          metadata, content = frontmatter.parse(f.read())

          lst = metadata.items()

          mydict = {t[0]: t[1] for t in lst}

          tags = list(mydict)[-1]

          with open(tmplDir+"tags.html", 'w') as f: 

          for value in mydict[tags]: 

          f.write('<li>'+value+'</li>' + '\n')

          

          # Get files in Directory 'Drafts'.

          def getFiles():

          files= os.listdir(draftsDir)

          filesDict = dict(enumerate(files, start=1))

          print("\n".join(" \t {} -- {}".format(key, value) for key, value in
          filesDict.items()))

          return filesDict

          

          # Menu Choice Options 

          menuOptions = {

          1:'Create New Post',

          2:'Publish Post',

          3:'Delete Draft',

          4:'Push to Repository',

          0:'Exit',

          }

          

          def printMenu():

          for key in menuOptions.keys():

          print('\t',key, '--', menuOptions[key] )

          

          if __name__ == "__main__":

          while(True):

          print(' ----------------------')

          print(' Analogelife Blog Menu ')

          print(' ----------------------')

          printMenu()

          userOption = ''

          try:

          userOption = int(input('\t>> Enter your choice: '))

          print()

          except:

          print('>> Wrong input. Please enter a number ...\n')

          if userOption == 1:

          newPost() 

          elif userOption == 2:

          publishPost() 

          elif userOption == 3:

          deleteLocalDraft()

          elif userOption == 4:

          pushToRepo()

          elif userOption == 0:

          print('>> You chose to exit!\n')

          exit()

          else:

          print('>> Invalid option. Please enter a number between 1 and 4.\n')