Tampermonkey usercript for pasting the "front matter" block in a github post

readme.md

1. Install the script in Tampermonkey
2. Create a new post
3. Once you're in the edit block, just use CTRL-V.

front_matter_block_github_blog.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name        front_matter_block_github_blog
// @namespace   brahimmachkouri
// @version     0.1
// @description Paste the "Front Matter" block for Github blogs : go in the edit post and CTRL-V
// @author      Brahim Machkouri
// @include     https://github.com/*/new/main/_posts
// @grant       GM_setClipboard
// @match      none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {// 2022-03-09
    'use strict';
    const date = formatDate(new Date())+ ' ' + formatHour(new Date());
    console.log("yes");
    const header = "---\n\
layout: post\n\
date: "+ date + "\n\
title: \n\
category: \n\
tags: \n\
---\n\
";
    document.querySelector('input[name="filename"]').value = formatDate(new Date()) + "-title.md";
    GM_setClipboard (header);

    function padTo2Digits(num) {
        return num.toString().padStart(2, '0');
    }

    function formatDate(date) {
        return (
            [
                date.getFullYear(),
                padTo2Digits(date.getMonth() + 1),
                padTo2Digits(date.getDate()),
            ].join('-')
        );
    }

    function formatHour(date) {
         return ([
                padTo2Digits(date.getHours()),
                padTo2Digits(date.getMinutes()),
                padTo2Digits(date.getSeconds()),
            ].join(':')
         );

    }

})();