Create a blog auto-publisher

To create a blog auto-publisher, you can develop a script or web app that takes your articles and automatically publishes them to your blog (e.g., WordPress, Ghost, or a custom CMS) on a schedule or via API integration. Here’s a basic outline using Python for a WordPress site via REST API. This script assumes you already have your article content available as plain text or HTML.

Prerequisites

• Python 3 installed

• WordPress site with REST API enabled

• Application password for authentication

• requests library (pip install requests)

Python Script: Blog Auto-Publisher for WordPress

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import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import os

# === Configuration ===
WORDPRESS_URL = "https://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2"
USERNAME = "your_username"
APPLICATION_PASSWORD = "your_app_password"
POSTS_DIR = "path/to/articles"  # Folder with text or HTML files

# === Authentication ===
auth = (USERNAME, APPLICATION_PASSWORD)

# === Helper Function to Post ===
def publish_post(title, content, categories=[], tags=[], status="publish"):
    post = {
        "title": title,
        "content": content,
        "status": status,  # draft, publish, future
        "categories": categories,
        "tags": tags,
    }
    response = requests.post(f"{WORDPRESS_URL}/posts", auth=auth, json=post)
    if response.status_code == 201:
        print(f"Published: {title}")
    else:
        print(f"Failed to publish {title}: {response.text}")

# === Main Script to Loop Through Articles ===
def run_auto_publisher(schedule_days=0):
    files = [f for f in os.listdir(POSTS_DIR) if f.endswith(".txt") or f.endswith(".html")]
    for index, filename in enumerate(sorted(files)):
        filepath = os.path.join(POSTS_DIR, filename)
        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
            content = file.read()
            title = filename.replace("-", " ").replace("_", " ").replace(".txt", "").replace(".html", "").title()

        scheduled_date = datetime.now() + timedelta(days=schedule_days * index)
        status = "future" if schedule_days > 0 else "publish"
        post = {
            "title": title,
            "content": content,
            "status": status,
            "date": scheduled_date.isoformat(),
        }

        response = requests.post(f"{WORDPRESS_URL}/posts", auth=auth, json=post)
        if response.status_code == 201:
            print(f"Scheduled: {title} for {scheduled_date}")
        else:
            print(f"Error: {response.status_code} - {response.text}")

# === Run the Auto-Publisher ===
run_auto_publisher(schedule_days=1)  # Adjust to 0 for instant publish, 1 for daily schedule

Features

• Reads .txt or .html files from a folder

• Converts filenames to titles

• Publishes immediately or schedules with a daily interval

• Automatically publishes via WordPress REST API

Optional Enhancements

• Read article metadata (title, tags, categories) from front matter

• Add logging for successful/failed posts

• Email notification on publish

• Integration with Google Sheets or CMS backend

Let me know your blog platform if you’re not using WordPress, and I can tailor the solution.