# Gatsby Blog Post Scheduler [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gatsby-blog-post-scheduler) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gatsby-blog-post-scheduler) [](http://hits.dwyl.com/Gabri3l/gatsby-blog-post-scheduler) A simple CLI to generate and schedule a blog post. ## Getting Started This project was born to automate the creation and publication of blog posts for Gatsby blog starter. I've been trying to commit myself to publish a new article every monday. Sometimes I have more to write, sometimes I just don't have the time. In order to make the best out of more productive weeks, I automated the process of generating a blog post template and schedule its publication at a specified date. ### Prerequisites This CLI was developed to go along with the `gatsby-starter-blog` package. You can find it [here](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/starters/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-blog/). Or you can install it locally with the following command: ```shell gatsby new gatsby-starter-blog https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-blog ``` In order for the scheduling to work there are a few other requirements. First of all make sure you auto release your blog for every new commit to your master branch. I personally use [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) which offers this out of the box. I then added the [Merge Schedule](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/merge-schedule) Github action to automatically merge a PR at a given date. To recap the requirements are: - [Gatsby starter blog](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/starters/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-blog/) - [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) (or any other service that allows auto release on commits to master) - [Merge Schedule](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/merge-schedule) Github Action ### Installing You can either install this CLI globally: ```shell npm i -g gatsby-blog-post-scheduler ``` or run it directly as ```shell npx gatsby-blog-post-scheduler ``` ## How to Use If you installed the CLI globally you can go to the root folder of your blog and run the simple command: ```shell schedule-blog-post ``` On your first use you will be required to enter your Github credentials. This process will save a token on your local machine so you can submit PR automatically via the CLI. After a successful login, you will be prompted with a few questions to draft your blog post. Once you're done a new branch is created that will be merged to master at the specified date (which you'll provide in one of the questions). After that...go ahead and write your post! :tada: ## Contributing Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us. ## Coffee If you really like this project or you just feel like it you can also buy me a coffee! ## Versioning We use [SemVer](http://semver.org/) for versioning. For the versions available, see the [tags on this repository](https://github.com/Gabri3l/gatsby-blog-post-scheduler/tags). ## License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details