jamesperet-website-2020/fetch-scripts/fetch-posts.js

const fs = require('fs')
const mdYmlParser = require('markdown-yaml-metadata-parser');

var utilities = require('./utilities');

const getDirectories = source =>
  fs.readdirSync(source, { withFileTypes: true })
    .filter(item => item.isDirectory())
    .map(item => item.name);

const getFiles = source =>
    fs.readdirSync(source, { withFileTypes: true })
    .filter(item => !item.isDirectory())
    .map(item => item.name);

var source = "/Users/james/codex/blog"
var file_names = getFiles(source);
var posts = []
file_names.forEach(file_name => {
    if(file_name != '.DS_Store'){
        var file = fs.readFileSync(`${source}/${file_name}`, "utf8");
        var post = mdYmlParser(file);
        post.filename = file_name;
        if(post.metadata.published == true){
            posts.push(post);
        }    
    }
});

console.log(`Found ${posts.length} posts. Creating files:`);

var createPost = function(post){
    // Create folder
    var post_name = post.filename.split(".")[0];
    utilities.createDirectory(`source/_posts/blog/${post_name}`)
    // Copy post
    var post_path = `${source}/${post.filename}`   
    var post_destination = `source/_posts/blog/${post_name}.md`;
    fs.copyFileSync(post_path, post_destination);
    // Copy hero image
    var hero_path = `${source}/images/${post.metadata.hero_image}`;
    var hero_destination = `source/_posts/blog/${post_name}/hero.jpg`
    fs.copyFileSync(hero_path, hero_destination);
    // Copy cover image
    var thumb_path = `${source}/images/${post.metadata.cover_image}`;
    var thumb_destination = `source/_posts/blog/${post_name}/cover.jpg`
    fs.copyFileSync(thumb_path, thumb_destination);
}

var counter = 0;
posts.forEach(post => {
    try{
        createPost(post);
        counter += 1;
    } catch(err){
        console.log(err);
    }
});
//console.log(`Created ${counter} blog posts`);