feat(cicd): automate the creation of blog posts

.github/workflows/create-release-post.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Security Notes
+# Only selected Actions are allowed within this repository. Please refer to (https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/settings/actions)
+# for the full list of available actions. If you want to add a new one, please reach out a maintainer with Admin permissions.
+# REVIEWERS, please always double-check security practices before merging a PR that contains Workflow changes!!
+# AUTHORS, please only use actions with explicit SHA references, and avoid using `@master` or `@main` references or `@version` tags.
+
+name: Create Release Blog Post
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: The version to generate a blog post for. If none provided, use the latest release.
+        type: string
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    # This ensures that the working directory is the root of the repository
+    working-directory: ./
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  create-post:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: nodejs/web-team/actions/setup-environment@2c2897a93eb99b4cdca270729100bc0887c758d9
+        with:
+          pnpm: true
+          use-version-file: true
+
+      - id: create-release-post
+        working-directory: apps/site
+        run: node --run scripts:release-post ${{ inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Open pull request
+        uses: gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action@b65137ca591da0b9f43bad7b24df13050ea45d1b # v1.10.1
+        # Creates a PR or update the Action's existing PR, or
+        # no-op if the base branch is already up-to-date.
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_USER_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          author: Node.js GitHub Bot <github-bot@iojs.org>
+          branch: release-${{ steps.create-release-post.outputs.version }}
+          body: |
+            Creates a new blog post for ${{ steps.create-release-post.outputs.version }}.
+
+            Check this workflow's logs at ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}.
+          commit-message: 'feat(blog): create post for ${{ steps.create-release-post.outputs.version }}'
+          labels: fast-track
+          title: 'feat(blog): create post for ${{ steps.create-release-post.outputs.version }}'
+          update-pull-request-title-and-body: true

apps/site/scripts/release-post/index.mjs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { writeFile, appendFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 
 import handlebars from 'handlebars';
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ const writeToFile = results => {
     }
 
     writeFile(blogPostPath, results.content)
-      .then(() => resolve(blogPostPath))
+      .then(() => resolve([blogPostPath, results]))
       .catch(error => reject(ERRORS.FAILED_FILE_CREATION(error.message)));
   });
 };
@@ -263,7 +263,15 @@ if (import.meta.url.startsWith('file:')) {
       .then(formatPost)
       .then(writeToFile)
       .then(
-        filepath => console.log('Release post created:', filepath),
+        async ([filepath, { version }]) => {
+          console.log('Release post created:', filepath);
+          if (process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT) {
+            await appendFile(
+              process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT,
+              `version=v${version}\n`
+            );
+          }
+        },
         error => console.error('Some error occurred here!', error.stack)
       );
   }