Script to fetch a gist with markdown in it and generate a nice standup post for Slack

create-standup.rb

#!/home/wes/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.2/bin/ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

NOCACHE_SUFFIX = 'nocache=' + Time.now.to_i.to_s

def break_cache(url)
  url + (if url.include?('?') then '&' else '?' end) + NOCACHE_SUFFIX
end

uri = URI(break_cache(ENV['STANDUP_GIST_URL']))

begin
  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri, { 'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache' })
  uri = URI(break_cache(res['location'])) unless res['location'].nil?
end while res.is_a?(Net::HTTPRedirection)

lines = {
  'done' => [],
  'wip' => [],
  'paused' => [],
  'todo' => [],
  'cancelled' => [],
}
res.body.split("\n").each do |line|
  type = case line
         when /\[ \] wip/
           'wip'
         when /\[ \] paused/
           'paused'
         when /\[(x| )\] ~/
           'cancelled'
         when /\[x\]/
           'done'
        else
          'todo'
  end
  lines[type] << line.gsub(/^- /, '> ') \
    .gsub('[ ] wip', ':checkbox-deferred:') \
    .gsub('[ ] paused', ':double_vertical_bar:') \
    .gsub(/\[(x| )\] ~/, ':checkbox-x: ~') \
    .gsub('[x] wip', ':checkbox-checked:') \
    .gsub('[x] paused', ':checkbox-checked:') \
    .gsub('[x]', ':checkbox-checked:') \
    .gsub('[ ]', ':checkbox-unchecked:')
end

unless lines['done'].empty?
  puts lines['done'].join("\n")
  puts
end
unless lines['wip'].empty?
  puts lines['wip'].join("\n")
  puts
end
unless lines['paused'].empty?
  puts lines['paused'].join("\n")
  puts
end
unless lines['todo'].empty?
  puts lines['todo'].join("\n")
  puts
end
unless lines['cancelled'].empty?
  puts lines['cancelled'].join("\n")
end

example-output.md

:checkbox-checked: I did this thing :checkbox-checked: I did this thing too

:checkbox-deferred: I'm still doing this thing :checkbox-deferred: Still doing this

:double_vertical_bar: This thing has been paused until later

:checkbox-unchecked: I'm going to do this :checkbox-unchecked: I'm planning on doing this

:checkbox-x: This thing didn't happen

example-standup.md

• I did this thing
• wip I did this thing too
• wip I'm still doing this thing
• wip Still doing this
• I'm going to do this
• I'm planning on doing this
• This thing didn't happen
• paused This thing has been paused until later

get-standup-not-done.rb

#!/home/wes/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.0.2/bin/ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

NOCACHE_SUFFIX = 'nocache=' + Time.now.to_i.to_s

def break_cache(url)
  url + (if url.include?('?') then '&' else '?' end) + NOCACHE_SUFFIX
end

uri = URI(break_cache(ENV['STANDUP_GIST_URL']))

begin
  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri, { 'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache' })
  uri = URI(break_cache(res['location'])) unless res['location'].nil?
end while res.is_a?(Net::HTTPRedirection)

lines = []
res.body.split("\n").each do |line|
  case line
         when /\[x\]/
           next
  end
  lines << line
end
puts lines.join("\n")

usage.md

Get the raw URL for the markdown file in your gist, or could be from a github, gitlab or anywhere you can host a markdown file really

export STANDUP_GIST_URL='https://gist.github.com/1stvamp/blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah/raw/standup.md'
alias standup='~/bin/create-standup.rb | xclip -selection c'

$ standup

The Slack markdown formatted standup should now be in your clipboard, if you paste this in to the standups channel Slack should ask you: