publish.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# script for posting on dev.to
# using api-key
require 'net/http'
require 'json'



def read_file(fname)
 unless File.file?("#{fname}")
  return nil
 else
  if !File.extname("#{fname}").eql? ".md"
   return nil
  else
   f = File.open("#{fname}")
   file_data = f.read
   f.close
  return file_data
  end
 end
rescue => e
 puts "Error #{e}"
end


def create_post(fname, key)
 if read_file(fname).eql? nil
  puts "read error #{fname}"
 else
  post_body = read_file(fname)
  uri = URI('https://dev.to/api/articles')
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'api-key' => key)
  req.body = {article: {body_markdown: post_body}}.to_json
  res = http.request(req)
  puts "res #{res.body}"
 end

rescue => e
 puts "failes #{e}"
end




# create_post( <filename>, <api_key> )
create_post(ARGV[0], ARGV[1])