fix: view output file without posting

crossposter/app.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import argparse
 from rich import print
 from pathlib import Path
+from .utils import generate_file
 from .publications.dev import devto
 from .publications.codenewbie import codenewbie
 from .publications.hashnode import hashnode
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--dev", action="store_true", help="Post to dev.to")
     parser.add_argument("--med", action="store_true", help="Post to medium.com")
     parser.add_argument("--cdb", action="store_true", help="Post to codenewbie")
+    parser.add_argument("--opf", action="store_true", help="Save to a File")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     post = frontmatter.load(file_markdown)
 
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ def main():
         medium(article, output)
     elif args.cdb:
         codenewbie(article, output)
+    elif args.opf:
+        generate_file(article, output)
     else:
         print(f"1. dev.to \n2. hashnode.com\n3. codenewbie\n4. medium.com\n")
         opt = input("Where you would like to post? (1/2/3/4) : ")

crossposter/publications/codenewbie.py

@@ -1,12 +1,42 @@
 import requests
 import json
 import sys
-from crossposter.utils import replace_line
+from crossposter.utils import hard_to_soft_wraps, replace_line
+
+
+def codenewbie_file(article, output):
+    codenewbie_frontmatter = "---\n"
+    post = {}
+    for key in article:
+        post[key] = article[key]
+        if key == "body_markdown":
+            codenewbie_frontmatter += f"---\n\n{post[key]}"
+        else:
+            if post[key]:
+                if not key == "published":
+                    codenewbie_frontmatter += f'{key}: "{post[key]}"\n'
+                else:
+                    codenewbie_frontmatter += f"{key}: {post[key]}\n"
+
+    lines = hard_to_soft_wraps(codenewbie_frontmatter)
+
+    filename = post["title"].replace(" ", "_").lower()
+    output_file = output / f"{filename}_codenewbie_post.md"
+    with open(output_file, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(lines)
+    print("The Codenewbie frontmatter is generated in the file -> ", output_file)
+    return post
 
 
 def codenewbie(article, output):
 
-    print("Cross-Posting on codenewbie.community")
+    from rich.progress import Progress
+
+    with Progress() as progress:
+        task = progress.add_task("Crossposting..", total=100)
+        while not progress.finished:
+            progress.update(task, advance=10)
+
     codenewbie_keys = []
     for line in open("keys.txt", "r"):
         if line.startswith("codenewbie:"):
@@ -18,6 +48,8 @@ def codenewbie(article, output):
         codenewbie_keys = input("Enter the Codenewbie API Key: ")
         replace_line("keys.txt", 4, f"dev.to: {codenewbie_keys}\n")
 
+    post = codenewbie_file(article, output)
+
     post = {}
 
     for key in article:
@@ -33,28 +65,6 @@ def codenewbie(article, output):
 
     flag = True
 
-    codenewbie_frontmatter = "---\n"
-    post = {}
-    for key in article:
-        post[key] = article[key]
-        if key == "body_markdown":
-            codenewbie_frontmatter += f"---\n\n{post[key]}"
-        else:
-            if post[key]:
-                if not key == "published":
-                    codenewbie_frontmatter += f'{key}: "{post[key]}"\n'
-                else:
-                    codenewbie_frontmatter += f"{key}: {post[key]}\n"
-
-    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as f:
-        f.write(codenewbie_frontmatter)
-
-    filename = post["title"].replace(" ", "_").lower()
-    output_file = output / f"{filename}_codenewbie_post.md"
-
-    with open(output_file, "w") as file:
-        file.write(codenewbie_frontmatter)
-
     flag = True
     author_articles_list = json.loads(
         requests.get(

crossposter/publications/dev.py

@@ -3,19 +3,8 @@
 from crossposter.utils import hard_to_soft_wraps, replace_line
 
 
-def devto(article, output):
-
+def devto_file(article, output):
     print("Cross-Posting on dev.to")
-    dev_keys = []
-    for line in open("keys.txt", "r"):
-        if line.startswith("dev.to:"):
-            dev_keys = line.split("dev.to:")[1]
-
-    if dev_keys != "\n":
-        dev_keys = dev_keys.strip()
-    else:
-        dev_keys = input("Enter the DEV API Key: ")
-        replace_line("keys.txt", 0, f"dev.to: {dev_keys}\n")
 
     dev_frontmatter = "---\n"
     post = {}
@@ -36,11 +25,26 @@ def devto(article, output):
     import re
 
     lines = hard_to_soft_wraps(dev_frontmatter)
-
     with open(output_file, "w") as f:
         f.writelines(lines)
     print("The DEV frontmatter is generated in the file -> ", output_file)
+    return post
+
 
+def devto(article, output):
+
+    post = devto_file(article, output)
+
+    dev_keys = []
+    for line in open("keys.txt", "r"):
+        if line.startswith("dev.to:"):
+            dev_keys = line.split("dev.to:")[1]
+
+    if dev_keys != "\n":
+        dev_keys = dev_keys.strip()
+    else:
+        dev_keys = input("Enter the DEV API Key: ")
+        replace_line("keys.txt", 0, f"dev.to: {dev_keys}\n")
     API_ENDPOINT = "https://dev.to/api/articles"
 
     data = {

crossposter/utils.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import re
+from crossposter.publications.codenewbie import codenewbie_file
+
+from crossposter.publications.dev import devto_file
 
 
 def replace_line(file_name, line_num, text):
@@ -42,3 +45,8 @@ def hard_to_soft_wraps(content):
 
     # returned soft wrapped content
     return content
+
+
+def generate_file(article, output):
+    devto_file(article, output)
+    codenewbie_file(article, output)

setup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 
-VERSION = "0.5.1"
+VERSION = "0.5.2"
 PACKAGE_NAME = "crossposter"
 AUTHOR = "Meet Gor"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "[email protected]"