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.gitignore

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+venv
+*.swp
+

backblogger.py

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+# Backblogger.py : Scan directories for images, and scaffold into a blog post.
+import os
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, date
+
+def markdown_date(ts):
+    d = datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)
+    return f"{d.year}-{d.month}-{d.day}"
+
+IMG_WIDTH = 760
+def resize_rename(imgpath, article_number, image_number):
+    new_fn = f"article{article_number.zfill(2)}_image{image_number.zfill(2)}.{imgpath.split('.')[-1]}"
+    
+
+class BlogScaffold:
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = os.path.abspath(path)
+        self.data = { "images": [],
+                      "blogfile": None
+                    }
+        # Check the path for backblog metadata
+        self.scanned = os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.path, "backblog.json"))
+        if not self.scanned:
+            self.scan()
+            return
+        with open(os.path.join(self.path, "backblog.json"), "r") as f:
+            self.data  = json.loads(f.read())
+
+    def scan(self):
+        _, _, files = next(os.walk(self.path))
+        for f in files:
+            self.data['images'].append({
+                "path": f,
+                "date": os.stat(os.path.join(self.path, f)).st_ctime
+                })
+        self.scanned = True
+        self.save()
+            
+    def save(self):
+        with open(os.path.join(self.path, "backblog.json"), "w") as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(self.data))
+
+    def image_times(self):
+        for i in self.data['images']:
+            yield datetime.fromtimestamp(i['date'])
+
+    def markdown_template(self, article_number):
+        replace = {
+            "{{TITLE}}": "Backblog basic template about " + self.path,
+            "{{SLUG}}": os.path.basename(self.path),
+            "{{CATEGORY}}": "category",
+            "{{EARLIESTDATE}}": markdown_date(min([i['date'] for i in self.data['images']])),
+            "{{TODAY}}": str(date.today()),
+            "{{ARTICLENUM}}": article_number.zfill(2)
+            }
+        txt = None
+        with open("template.md", "r") as f:
+            txt = f.read()
+        img_template = txt.split("%%%")[1]
+        img_txt = ""
+        for i, image in enumerate(self.data['images']):
+            img_fn = resize_rename(image['path'], article_number, i)
+            this_txt = img_template
+            this_txt.replace("{{IMG_FN}}", img_fn)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if not self.scanned:
+            return f"<BlogScaffold path={self.path}, scanned=False>"
+        return f"<BlogScaffold path={self.path}, blogfile={self.data['blogfile']}, {len(self.data['images'])} image files>"
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    subdirs = os.listdir('..')
+    # don't scan program's directory
+    subdirs.remove(os.path.basename(os.path.abspath('.')))
+    scaffolds = [BlogScaffold(os.path.join('..', sd)) for sd in subdirs]
+        

template.md

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+title: {{TITLE}}
+slug: {{SLUG}}
+category: {{CATEGORY}}
+startdate: {{EARLIESTDATE}}
+date: {{TODAY}}
+modified: {{TODAY}}
+
+![alt text](images/article{{ARTICLENUM}}_image01_header.{{EXT}})
+
+# TITLE
+
+asdf. etaoin shrdlu. LOREM IPSUM
+
+%%%
+![alt text](images/images/article{{ARTICLENUM}}_image01_header.{{EXT}})
+%%%
+
+## challenges
+
+asdf. etaoin shrdlu. LOREM IPSUM
+
+## favorite part
+
+asdf. etaoin shrdlu. LOREM IPSUM
+
+## what I learned
+
+asdf. etaoin shrdlu. LOREM IPSUM