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Submit Latest WP Blog Post to MVP Community Contributions. Associated blogpost https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/automating-the-submission-of-wordpress-blog-posts-to-your-microsoft-mvp-community-activities-profile-using-powershell/
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# Install the Microsoft MVP PowerShell Module | |
# Install-Module -name MVP | |
Import-Module -Name MVP | |
# my Subscription Key obtained from https://mvpapi.portal.azure-api.net/ | |
$subkey = '12345669b3c459bb2c11da79567890' | |
# AuthN to MVP API | |
Set-MVPConfiguration -SubscriptionKey $subkey | |
# Get the last Blog Post | |
$wordpressBlogURL = 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/<yourwordpressURL>/posts/?number=1' | |
$BlogPostData = Invoke-RestMethod -uri $wordpressBlogURL | |
# Static because it is obviously a Blog Post | |
$contributionType = "Blog Site Posts" | |
# Static as that is my MVP Category | |
$contributionTechnology = "Identity and Access" | |
# URL | |
$contributionURL = $BlogPostData.posts.URL | |
# Title | |
$contributionTitle = $BlogPostData.posts.title | |
# Description | |
$descriptionHTML = $BlogPostData.posts.excerpt | |
# Remove HTML Formatting | |
$contributionDescription = $descriptionHTML -replace '<[^>]+>','' | |
# Translate Date Format | |
$date = $BlogPostData.posts.date | |
$arrDate = $date.Split("T") | |
$contributionDate = $arrDate[0].Replace("-","/") | |
# Submit latest Blog Post to MVP Community Contributions Profile | |
try { | |
write-host "Submitting your Blog Post titled $($contributionTitle) you wrote on $($contributionDate) to $($contributionTechnology)" | |
New-MVPContribution -StartDate $contributionDate ` | |
-ContributionTechnology $contributionTechnology ` | |
-ContributionType $contributionType ` | |
-Title $contributionTitle ` | |
-Description $contributionDescription ` | |
-ReferenceUrl $contributionURL ` | |
-Visibility EveryOne } catch { | |
write-host "Well that was unexpected. Check your last post for anomolies." | |
} |
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