Front-mattered Post

script

/*
 * @title: Create mixtape post in Working Copy
 * @author: TheChelsUk
 * @notes: Creates a blog post in working copy based on front matter
 */


var credential = Credential.create("Jekyll path", "Jekyll path");
credential.addTextField("jekyll-repo", "Jekyll repo name");
credential.addTextField("jekyll-path", "Path to your Jekyll posts directory");
credential.addTextField("working-copy-key", "Working Copy x-url-callback key");

var result = credential.authorize();

if (!result) {
    alert("Failed to obtain required Jekyll data. Please check it and try again.");
    context.cancel("Failed to obtain required Jekyll data.");
} else {
    // Validate credentials
    if (!credential.getValue("jekyll-repo") || !credential.getValue("jekyll-path") || !credential.getValue("working-copy-key")) {
        alert("Repo values are invalid. Please rerun the action and enter the credentials again.");
        credential.forget();
        context.cancel("Repo values were invalid.");
    } else {
        // Extract the front matter from the draft content
        var content = draft.content.trim(),
            frontMatterMatch = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/),
            title = "untitled", // Default title
            date = new Date(),
            year = date.getFullYear().toString(), // Current year in yyyy format
            now = date.toISOString().substr(0, 10), // yyyy-mm-dd
            fileName = "";

        if (frontMatterMatch) {
            // Extract front matter content
            var frontMatter = frontMatterMatch[1];
            
            // Extract title from the front matter
            var titleMatch = frontMatter.match(/title:\s*["']?(.+?)["']?$/m);
            if (titleMatch) {
                title = titleMatch[1].trim();
            }
            
            // Extract date from the front matter, if available
            var dateMatch = frontMatter.match(/date:\s*([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})/);
            if (dateMatch) {
                now = dateMatch[1];
            }
        }

        // Generate the slugified filename
        var titleSlug = title.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-").replace(/^-|-$/g, ""); // Slugify title
        fileName = `${now}-${titleSlug}.md`; // Format yyyy-mm-dd-title.md

        // Construct the path with the year as a subfolder
        var filePath = `${credential.getValue("jekyll-path")}/${year}/${fileName}`; // Append year subfolder to path

        // Construct Working Copy URL
        var baseURL = 'working-copy://x-callback-url/write/?key=' +
                      credential.getValue("working-copy-key") +
                      '&repo=' + encodeURIComponent(credential.getValue("jekyll-repo")) +
                      '&path=' + encodeURIComponent(filePath) +
                      '&text=' + encodeURIComponent(content);

        // Open URL to create the file
        var cb = CallbackURL.create();
        cb.baseURL = baseURL;

        if (!cb.open()) {
            alert("Failed to send the file to Working Copy.");
            context.cancel("Callback failed.");
        }
    }
}