try to get a handrolled static site generator working

.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ _site/
 .jekyll-cache/
 .jekyll-metadata
 .bundle
+.venv

_posts/2017-09-07-introducing-command-handler.md → blog/2017-09-07-introducing-command-handler.md

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
----
-layout: post
-author: Bob
-categories:
-  - ports & adapters
-tags:
-  - python
-  - architecture
+blog_heading: Introducing Command Handler
+blog_author: Bob
 ---
 
 The term DDD comes from the book by Eric Evans: ["Domain-Driven Design: Tackling

_posts/2017-09-08-repository-and-unit-of-work-pattern-in-python.md → blog/2017-09-08-repository-and-unit-of-work-pattern-in-python.md

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
----
-layout: post
-author: Bob
-categories:
-  - ports & adapters
-tags:
-  - python
-  - architecture
+blog_author: Bob
+blog_heading: Repository and Unit of Work Pattern
+
 ---
 
 In the previous part

_posts/2017-09-13-commands-and-queries-handlers-and-views.md → blog/2017-09-13-commands-and-queries-handlers-and-views.md

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
----
-layout: post
-author: Bob
-categories:
-  - ports & adapters
-tags:
-  - python
-  - architecture
+blog_author: Bob
+blog_heading: Commands, Handlers, Queries and Views
+
 ---
 
 In the first and second parts of this series I introduced the

_posts/2017-09-19-why-use-domain-events.md → blog/2017-09-19-why-use-domain-events.md

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
----
-layout: post
-author: Bob
-categories:
-  - ports & adapters
-tags:
-  - python
-  - architecture
+blog_heading: Why use domain events?
+blog_author: Bob
+
 ---
 
 Nota bene: this instalment in the Ports and Adapters with Command Handlers

_posts/2020-01-25-testing_external_api_calls.md → blog/2020-01-25-testing_external_api_calls.md

@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
----
-title: Writing tests for external API calls
-layout: post
-author: Harry
-categories:
-  - testing
-tags:
-  - tdd
-  - fakes
-  - mocks
-  - adapters
+blog_heading: Writing tests for external API calls
+blog_author: Harry
+
 ---
 
 

generate-html.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copied from https://github.com/tonybaloney/tonybaloney.github.io/blob/master/blog-gen.py
+import markdown
+import jinja2
+import glob
+from datetime import date, datetime
+from email.utils import formatdate, format_datetime  # for RFC2822 formatting
+
+TEMPLATE_FILE = "templates/blog_post_template.html"
+FEED_TEMPLATE_FILE = "templates/rss_feed_template.xml"
+BASE_URL = "https://tonybaloney.github.io/"
+
+def main():
+    posts = glob.glob("blog/*.md")
+    extensions = ['extra', 'smarty', 'meta']
+    _md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=extensions, output_format='html5')
+
+    loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath="./")
+    env = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader)
+
+    all_posts = []
+    for post in posts:
+        print("rendering {0}".format(post))
+        post_date =  date.fromisoformat(post[5:15])
+        url = post.replace(".md", ".html").replace("blog/", "posts/")
+        with open(post) as post_f:
+            html = _md.convert(post_f.read())
+            context = {
+                'blog_publish_date': post_date,
+                **_md.Meta
+            }
+            doc = env.get_template(TEMPLATE_FILE).render(content=html, baseurl=BASE_URL, url=url, **context)
+
+        post_html = url
+        with open(post_html, "w") as post_html_f:
+            post_html_f.write(doc)
+        # all_posts.append(dict(**_md.Meta, date=post_date, rfc2822_date=format_datetime(post_date), link="{0}{1}".format(BASE_URL, url)))
+        all_posts.append(dict(**_md.Meta, date=post_date, rfc2822_date='', link="{0}{1}".format(BASE_URL, url)))
+
+    # Order blog posts by date published
+    all_posts.sort(key=lambda item: item['date'], reverse=True)
+    # Make the RSS feed
+    with open("rss.xml", "w") as rss_f:
+        rss_f.write(env.get_template(FEED_TEMPLATE_FILE).render(posts=all_posts, date=formatdate()))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()