alexwlchan

I continue to post regularly on Dreamwidth, so I’ve extended my previous script for turning Markdown into Dreamwidth HTML, and written another script that asks me a few questions about filters and title, then posts the entry for me.

Everything I’ve posted in the last fortnight came through this script.

Code here if you’re interested:

https://github.com/alexwlchan/junkdrawer/blob/a2a5340a08d3c75f4caf31a89c4f9af2133eb6d4/services/dreamwidth/post_entry.py

There are some weirdnesses in how the API handles filters when posting an entry, so if you want to use it I’d test it on something innocuous first. As usual, code is in the “junk drawer” repo because it’s not especially well-documented, and provided more as a “here is a useful starting point for your own script”, not a finished article.

I’ve been posting a lot more on Dreamwidth recently (although mostly private/filtered entries).

I've written a short script that lets me write posts in Markdown, then just upload the finished HTML to the Dreamwidth post editor. I find Markdown easier to write.

If Python is your thing and you'd find it useful, code available here:

https://github.com/alexwlchan/junkdrawer/blob/b25c2d0cdeebab8b0335fc5717081b1154e0cf09/services/dreamwidth/markdownify.py

(Usage instructions in the docstring; whole repo is MIT.)