newpost

#!/usr/bin/python3

import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
import re

def main(args):
    if len(args) < 3:
        print("usage: newpost <name> <title> <categories>")
        print("title should be quoted")
        print("categories should be quoted and separated by commas")
        sys.exit(2)

    name = get_name(args[0])
    title = args[1]
    cats = args[2]

    now_ = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
    tz_offset = timezone(timedelta(hours=3))  # NL
    now = now_.astimezone(tz_offset)
    if now.dst() != timedelta(0):
        tz_offset = timezone(timedelta(hours=2))  # NL WITH DST
        now = now_.astimezone(tz_offset)

    short_dt = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    full_dt = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")

    with open("docs/_posts/" + short_dt + "-" + name + ".md", "w") as f:
        f.write("---\n")
        f.write("layout: post\n")
        f.write("title: " + title + "\n")
        f.write("date: " + full_dt + "\n")
        f.write("categories: [" + cats + "]\n")
        f.write("---\n\n")

def get_name(name):
    cleaned_name = re.sub(r"\s+", "-", name)

    return cleaned_name[:50] if len(cleaned_name) > 50 else cleaned_name

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])