Create a new MarkDown post for Pelican-generated blog

pelican_new_MD_post_template.py

"""
author:  Khaled Monsoor <k@kmonsoor.com>
modified: 09-Dec-2015
license: The MIT License
"""

import sys
from datetime import datetime


MD_TEMPLATE = """
Title: {title}
Date:  {year}-{month}-{day} {hour}:{minute}
Modified:  {year}-{month}-{day} {hour}:{minute}
Category:  
Tags: 
Slug: {slug}
status: draft
Summary: 



"""


def make_entry(title):
    now = datetime.now()
    slug = title.lower().strip().replace(' ', '-')
    
    new_file = "content/articles/{}{:0>2}{:0>2}-{}.md".format(now.year, 
                                                                now.month, 
                                                                now.day, slug)
    MD_TEMPLATE = MD_TEMPLATE.strip().format(title=title,
                                year=now.year, month=now.month, day=now.day, 
                                hour=now.hour, minute=now.minute,
                                slug=slug)
    with open(new_file, 'w') as f:
        f.write(MD_TEMPLATE)
    print("New post file created as: " + new_file)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        make_entry(sys.argv[1])
    else:
        print "No title given"