wp_generate_posts.sh

wp_generate_posts.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# bash wp_generate_posts.sh [amount, defaults to 25]
# example: bash wp_generate_posts.sh 100 (to generate 100 posts)

_GEN_POSTS_AMOUNT_OF_POSTS=${1:-25}

re='^[0-9]+$'
if ! [[ $_GEN_POSTS_AMOUNT_OF_POSTS =~ $re ]] ; then
   echo "error: Amount parameter must be an integer" >&2; exit 1
fi

# Check that we have curl and wp-cli installed.
if ! command -v curl &> /dev/null
then
    echo "curl could not be found, please install curl"
    exit
fi

if ! command -v wp &> /dev/null
then
    echo "wp could not be found, please install wp-cli"
    exit
fi

# shellcheck disable=SC2004
for ((i=0; i<$_GEN_POSTS_AMOUNT_OF_POSTS; i++))
do
    _GEN_POSTS_POST_N=$(( $i + 1 ));
    # Random number between 100 and given amount.
    _GEN_POSTS_RANDOM=$(( RANDOM % 100 + $_GEN_POSTS_AMOUNT_OF_POSTS ))
    # Minus calculated random number of days and hours from now to get post date in history.
    # Format: 2020-04-02T22:51:18
    _GEN_POSTS_POSTDATE=$(date +"%FT%H:%M:%S" --date="-$_GEN_POSTS_RANDOM days -$_GEN_POSTS_RANDOM hours")
    
    echo "Post #$_GEN_POSTS_POST_N / $_GEN_POSTS_AMOUNT_OF_POSTS -- Date: $_GEN_POSTS_POSTDATE"
    curl -sS -N http://loripsum.net/api/15/medium/decorate/link/ul/ol/dl/bq/code/headers | wp post generate --post_content --count=1 --post_date="$_GEN_POSTS_POSTDATE" --post_author=geniemadmin
done