autodevto

A simple Node.js application to automatically generate & publish articles to your dev.to account.

Features

• Generates a post summary using Google's Generative AI.
• Saves the draft to your current working directory with a relevant file name.
• Publishes the generated summary to your dev.to account.
• Automatically opens the published article in your default browser.
• Verifies that the post was published successfully.
• Logs the publishing activity to publish.log.
• A beautiful and smooth command-line interface.

Setup

1. Clone this repository.

2. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root of the project with the following content:

   GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
   DEVTO_API_KEY=your_dev.to_api_key

   Replace your_gemini_api_key with your Google Generative AI API key and your_dev.to_api_key with your dev.to API key.

Usage

The tool provides a simple and easy-to-use command-line interface.

autodevto --help

This will display the help menu:

autodevto <command>

Commands:
  autodevto generate [topic]     Generate a new tech summary
  autodevto publish [draft]      Publish the generated summary
  autodevto autopublish [topic]  Generate and automatically publish a tech summary

Options:
  --version    Show version number                                       [boolean]
  --confirm, -c  Confirm to publish                                      [boolean]
  --help       Show help                                                 [boolean]

1. Generate a new draft:

   To generate a new tech summary, run the following command:

   autodevto generate "autodevto release readme npm"

   This will generate a new tech summary and save it as autodevto-release-readme-npm.md in your current directory.

2. Publish the draft:

   By default, the publish command will perform a dry run. To actually publish your article, you need to use the --confirm flag.

   Dry Run (Default):

   autodevto publish autodevto-release-readme-npm.md

   This will show you the content that would be published without posting it to dev.to.

   Publish for real:

   autodevto publish autodevto-release-readme-npm.md --confirm

   This will publish the article and then open it in your default browser.

3. Autopublish:

   To generate and automatically publish a tech summary without manual intervention, use the autopublish command:

   autodevto autopublish "latest AI trends"

   This will generate content, save it to a uniquely named draft file in your current directory, publish it, and open the article in your browser. The draft file will be retained.

To-Do

• [ ] Add Image Generation feature.
• [ ] Improve error handling and add more tests.