BuildBlogPost.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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# Showoff Presentation -> Blog Post

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#     Setup

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# Configuration

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config_fn = "showoff.json"
outfile = "blogpost/blogpost.md"

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# Helper Functions

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# [[a]] -> [a]
def flatten(l):
    return [item for sublist in l for item in sublist]

def concatstrings(x):
    addtwo = lambda x,y: x + y
    return reduce(addtwo, x, "")

# String -> IO [String]
ls = os.listdir

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# Imports

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import json
import os
import re

config = json.loads(open(config_fn).read())

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# Extraction

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# Read in the presentation MD

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mdfiles = flatten([sort([os.path.join(section["section"], x) for x in ls(section["section"])]) for section in config["sections"]])
addtwo = lambda x,y: x + y
md_concatenated = concatstrings([open(f).read() for f in mdfiles])

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# Remove SLIDE lines

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slide_pattern = r".*SLIDE.*"
md_out = concatstrings( re.split(slide_pattern, md_concatenated) )

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# Write to a file

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ohandle = open(outfile, "w")
ohandle.write(md_out)
ohandle.close()