bin/update_index.py (view raw)
1#!/usr/bin/env python3
2
3from markdown2 import markdown_path
4import os
5import fileinput
6import sys
7
8# change our cwd
9os.chdir("bin")
10
11blog = "../pages/blog/"
12
13print("this is going to take a while...")
14print("you might as well serve the site!")
15
16# order files by recency
17def get_recents(path):
18 files = [path + f for f in os.listdir(blog) if f not in ["_index.md", "feed.xml"]]
19 files.sort(
20 key=lambda f: markdown_path(f, extras=["metadata"]).metadata["date"],
21 reverse=True,
22 )
23 return files
24
25
26def update_index(posts):
27 path = "../pages/_index.md"
28 with open(path, "r") as f:
29 md = f.readlines()
30 ruler = md.index("| :-- | --: |\n")
31 for post, i in zip(posts, range(5)):
32 md[ruler + i + 1] = post + "\n"
33
34 with open(path, "w") as f:
35 f.writelines(md)
36
37
38def update_blog(s):
39 path = "../pages/blog/_index.md"
40 s = s + "\n"
41 with open(path) as f:
42 tempf = f.readlines()
43
44 if s in tempf:
45 print("index has already been updated. quitting...")
46 sys.exit()
47 for l in fileinput.FileInput(path, inplace=1):
48 if "--:" in l:
49 l = l.replace(l, l + s)
50 print(l, end=""),
51
52
53top_five = []
54metas = []
55lines = []
56fnames = []
57
58for i in range(5):
59 top_five.append(get_recents(blog)[i])
60 metas.append(markdown_path(get_recents(blog)[i], extras=["metadata"]).metadata)
61 fnames.append(os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(get_recents(blog)[i])[0]))
62
63for meta, fname in zip(metas, fnames):
64 url = "/blog/" + fname
65 new_line = f"| [{meta['title']}]({url}) | `{meta['date']}` |"
66 lines.append(new_line)
67
68#update_index(lines)
69update_blog(lines[0])