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microblog.py
Simple and stylish text-to-html microblog generator.
Requirements
python3 date make curl pycurl urllib
date is date from GNU Core Utilities. make is only used to demonstrate the examples in example/. The latter three are optional; curl, pycurl and urllib are only used for the uploader script.
Usage
Send three arguments minimum to python. The fourth argument for an e-mail address is optional.
python microblog.py ./template.html ./content.txt user@mailhost.tld
The resulting web page is outputted from standard output. Therefore:
python microblog.py ./template.html ./content.txt user@mailhost.tld > result.html
Use a Makefile (or another script) to simplify invocation.
cp example/Makefile .
This script generates three text files after operation.
postsperpage.txt, holds an integer for the number of posts to render per page (default: 20). This is a configuration file that is created if it does not exist).lastfullpage.txt, holds an integer for the last page rendered by the paginator.updatedfiles.txt, a list of files updated by the script for use in automated uploads.
Writing Content
See example/demo.txt.
The content file is a plain text file of posts. Each post has two types of information: timestamp and message. For example:
Thu Mar 17 11:11:11 PM EDT 2022
Today I ate ice cream.
It was strawberry flavored.
#TouchingGrass
Thu Mar 16 2:22:22 PM EDT 2022
I took these pictures.
./images/1.jpg ./images/2.jpg ./images/3.jpg
- the first line of the file must be empty (newline character only).
- the two last lines of the file must be empty
- html can be placed in the message for embedded videos and rich text
Anything else
This is a script I wrote for personal use. The output can be seen on https://likho.neocities.org/microblog/index.html. I figure someone else may want to use it for their own personal websites, so it is published.
It works for me and my workflow; therefore, it is simple and involves little lines of code. But I am still open to comments, questions, or suggetions.