Add post title extraction

config.sh.template

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 EDITOR=vim
-TRANSFORM="" # '' / 'markdown'
+TRANSFORM=('title' 'markdown') # empty or a subset of: 'title' 'markdown'
 USER="" # WP user to create the post
 PASSWORD="" # application password generated for your WP user
 SERVER="" # server hostname, optionally with subdirectories

post.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # config:
 EDITOR=vim
-TRANSFORM="" # '' / 'markdown'
+TRANSFORM=() # empty or a subset of: 'title' 'markdown'
 USER="" # WP user to create the post
 PASSWORD="" # application password generated for your WP user
 SERVER="" # server hostname, optionally with subdirectories
@@ -19,19 +19,40 @@ $EDITOR $TMPFILE || exit 1
 [[ -e $TMPFILE ]] || exit 1
 
 # transformations
-if [[ $TRANSFORM -eq "markdown" ]]; then
-    python >$TMPFILE.trans <<EOF
-import markdown2
-print(markdown2.markdown_path('$TMPFILE'))
+cp $TMPFILE $TMPFILE.trans
+for T in "${TRANSFORM[@]}"; do
+    if [[ "$T" == "title" ]]; then
+        python >$TMPFILE.trans2 <<EOF
+import re
+with open('$TMPFILE.trans', 'r') as file:
+    title = ''
+    content = file.read()
+    matches = re.match('^#+ (.+)', content, flags=0)
+    if matches:
+        title = matches.group(1)
+        content = content[len(matches.group(0)) + 1:]
+    with open('$TMPFILE.title', 'w') as titlefile:
+        titlefile.write(title)
+    print(content)
 EOF
-    CONTENT=`cat $TMPFILE.trans`
-else
-    CONTENT=`cat $TMPFILE`
-fi
+        TITLE=`cat $TMPFILE.title`
+        rm $TMPFILE.title
+        mv $TMPFILE.trans2 $TMPFILE.trans
+    elif [[ "$T" == "markdown" ]]; then
+        python >$TMPFILE.trans2 <<EOF
+import markdown2
+print(markdown2.markdown_path('$TMPFILE.trans'))
+EOF
+        mv $TMPFILE.trans2 $TMPFILE.trans
+    fi
+done
+CONTENT=`cat $TMPFILE.trans`
+rm $TMPFILE.trans
 
 echo "--- START POST ---"
 echo $CONTENT
 echo "---  END POST  ---"
+echo "Title: $TITLE"
 echo "User: $USER"
 echo "Server: $SERVER"
 echo "Status: $STATUS"
@@ -42,6 +63,7 @@ read -p "Press enter to confirm..."
 
 # push the post!
 curl --user "$USER:$PASSWORD" -X POST \
+    --data-urlencode "title=$TITLE" \
     --data-urlencode "content=$CONTENT" \
     --data-urlencode "status=$STATUS" \
     --data-urlencode "categories=$CATEGORIES" \