cards, new post thing

new-post.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+const yargs = require('yargs')
+const editor = require('external-editor')
+const graymatter = require('gray-matter')
+const toml = require('toml')
+
+function ISO8601(epochtime) {
+    const date = new Date(epochtime)
+    // we need to add one to the month because JS is dumb and counts 0-11
+    return `${date.getFullYear()}-${(date.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0')}-${(date.getDate()).toString().padStart(2, '0')}`
+}
+
+const template = `\
++++
+date = "${ISO8601(Date.now())}"
+draft = false
+path = "/blog/title"
+tags = []
+title = "TITLE"
++++
+
+`
+
+function main() {
+
+    const args =
+        yargs.options({
+            editor: {
+                type: 'string',
+                describe: 'editor to use for making the post',
+            }
+        }).parse()
+
+    const ed = new editor.ExternalEditor(template, { postfix: '.md' })
+    if (args.editor) {
+        ed.editor.bin = args.editor
+    }
+
+    const postText = ed.run()
+    const gm = graymatter(postText, {
+        excerpt: true,
+        excerpt_separator: '<!-- excerpt -->',
+        engines: {
+            'toml': toml.parse.bind(toml),
+        },
+        language: 'toml',
+        delimiters: '+++',
+    });
+    const slug = /^\/blog\/(.+)$/.exec(gm.data.path)[1]
+
+    // if the user doesn't change the post there is no value in saving it
+    if (postText === template) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const filename = `content/posts/${slug}.md`
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(filename, postText)
+}
+
+main()