class DevFromCli

This is the main class

Public Instance Methods

help() click to toggle source

# File lib/devfromcli.rb, line 51
  def help
    puts ''
    puts <<~HELP_INFO
      devfromcli [version 0.1.0]
      
      Usage: devfromcli <command>
      
      Where <command> is either start or help
      
      devfromcli start    opens the interactive prompt
      devfromcli help     displays this help

      If you have any issue, discover a bug please open a ticket on github:
      https://github.com/OPARA-PROSPER/DEV-from-CLI/issues/new
    HELP_INFO
  end

introduction() click to toggle source

This method outputs a welcome message and prompts for inputs depending on what they want to achieve for using the program

@return oh_my_dev

# File lib/devfromcli.rb, line 29
  def introduction
    puts 'Welcome to DEV-from-CLI 🎉🎉'
    puts ''
    puts <<~ABOUT_OH_MY_DEV
      DEV-from-CLI is a command line tool that allows you interact with Dev.to platform
    ABOUT_OH_MY_DEV

    puts "\n[1] View the latest articles on DEV.to\n[2] View articles using tags\n[3] Create article draft\n[4] Exist"

    print "\n> "
    user_initial_input = STDIN.gets.chomp
    response_output if user_initial_input == '1'
    create_post_draft if user_initial_input == '3'
    puts "\nWow! did you make a mistake? Anyways, see you soon 😪" if user_initial_input == '4'

    return unless user_initial_input == '2'

    print "\nEnter special tag> "
    user_tag = STDIN.gets.chomp
    response_output user_tag if user_tag
  end

Private Instance Methods

create_post_draft() click to toggle source

Creates article draft on Dev.to by making a http POST request to the articles endpoint @return String

# File lib/devfromcli.rb, line 104
def create_post_draft
  print "\nFollow the prompt to create an article\nEnter your Dev.to API key> "
  api_key=STDIN.gets.chomp
  print 'Enter article Title> '
  title = STDIN.gets.chomp
  print 'Enter tags> '
  tag1 = STDIN.gets.chomp
  print 'Enter draft content> '
  content = STDIN.gets.chomp
  body = { article: { title: title, published: false, body_markdown: content, tags: [tag1] } }

  uri = URI.parse('https://dev.to/api/articles')
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
  request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
  request['api-key'] = api_key
  http.use_ssl = (uri.scheme == 'https')
  request.body = body.to_json
  puts "\nCreating your article draft ⚡⚡\n"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts "\nThere was an error: #{response}" if response.msg != 'Created'
  puts 'Your article was successfully created'
  response_json = JSON.parse(response.body)
  puts "URL: #{response_json['url']}"
end

fetch_articles(tag = '') click to toggle source

Sends http GET request to the Dev.to backend API

# File lib/devfromcli.rb, line 71
def fetch_articles(tag = '')
  uri = URI.parse("https://dev.to/api/articles?tag=#{tag}")
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  JSON.parse(response.body)
end

response_output(tag = '') click to toggle source

Output's response from Dev.to to users based on the choice from the welcome prompt. @return String

# File lib/devfromcli.rb, line 81
def response_output(tag = '')
  articles = fetch_articles tag
  articles.each do |item|
    puts "\n******************************".blue
    puts " #{'Title:'.yellow} #{item['title']}"
    puts " #{'Author:'.yellow} #{item['user']['name']} | #{'Created:'.yellow} #{item['readable_publish_date']} | #{'Tags:'.yellow} #{item['tags']}"
    puts " #{'Url:'.yellow} #{item['url']}"
    puts " #{'Description:'.yellow} #{item['description']}"
    puts '*******************************'.blue
    print "\nView more articles? [y/n] "
    input = STDIN.gets.chomp
    possible_input = %w[Y y]
    next if possible_input.include? input

    puts "\nSee you next time 😎😎"
    break
  end
end