NodeJS + wp-cli post seeder

wp-seeder.js

const util = require('util');
const exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);

const wp_path = '/Users/<User>/Documents/Sites/<WP>';

async function seed(postData = {}, rawArgs = {}) {
  const wpArgs = { ...rawArgs };

  let postId;
  let featuredImageId;
  const meta = { ...postData.meta };

  if (!postData.title) throw new Error('Post needs title');
  if (!postData.content) throw new Error('Post needs content');

  wpArgs['--post_title'] = postData.title;
  wpArgs['--post_content'] = postData.content;

  if (postData.category) {
    // Pass as WP array
    if (typeof postData.category === 'object') {
      postData.category = postData.category.join(',');
    }
  }

  if (postData.postType) {
    wpArgs['--post_type'] = postData.postType;
  }

  wpArgs['--meta_input'] = JSON.stringify(meta);

  // Create post
  let execArgs = Object.keys(wpArgs).reduce((cmd, key) => {
    if (wpArgs[key]) {
      return `${cmd} ${key}="${wpArgs[key]}"`;
    }
    return `${cmd} ${key}`;
  }, 'wp post create --porcelain --post_status="publish"');

  const { stdout, stderr, error } = await exec(execArgs, { shell: true, cwd: wp_path });
  if (error || stderr) throw new Error(error || stderr);
  postId = parseInt(stdout);

  // Add featured image
  if (postData.featuredImage) {
    let { error, stdout, stderr } = await exec(`wp media import ${postData.featuredImage} --post_id="${postId}" --featured_image --porcelain`, { shell: true, cwd: wp_path });
    if (error || stderr) throw new Error(error || stderr);
    featuredImageId = parseInt(stdout);
  }

  console.log(`${wpArgs['post']}`);
}

/**
 * Example
 */

seed({
  title: 'post title',
  content: 'post <strong>text</strong>',
  postType: 'page',
  featuredImage: 'imgurl.jpg',
  meta: {
    subtitle: 'ACF field named subtitle'
  }
});