Dev.to Articles Management

This repository is set up to manage and automatically publish articles to dev.to.

Directory Structure

• articles/: Place your markdown article files here.
• articles/assets/: Store images and static assets here.
• templates/: Contains article-template.md to start new posts.
• .github/workflows/: Contains the automation script to publish to dev.to.

How to use

The source code for this setup is hosted here: 0-draft/dev.to

1. Create a new article: Copy templates/article-template.md to articles/my-new-post.md.

   cp templates/article-template.md articles/my-new-topic.md

2. Write your content: Edit the file using standard Markdown.

   • Keep published: false while drafting.
   • Set published: true when ready to publish.

3. Publishing:

   • Get your API Key from Dev.to (Settings > Extensions).
   • Add it to this GitHub repository's Secrets as DEVTO_API_KEY.
   • Push your changes to the main branch.
   • The GitHub Action will automatically publish (or update) the article.
   • Note: The Action will modify your local file to add an id and date. Pull these changes back to your local machine.

Images

You can place images in articles/assets/. Note that for Dev.to to see them, they usually need to be hosted publicly (like on this repo's raw.githubusercontent.com URL) or uploaded to an external host.