Add script to automate the boilerplate of creating a new page

documentation/index.json

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
                     "description": "Supports Arm Serial Wire Debug (SWD), and acts as a UART bridge",
                     "image": "full-sized/Debug-Probe.png",
                     "subpath": "debug-probe.adoc"
-                },			
+                },
                 {
                     "title": "MicroPython",
                     "description": "Getting started with MicroPython",

scripts/add_new_page.py

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Example usage:
+#   scripts/add_new_page.py "My new HAT"
+# will create documentation/asciidoc/accessories/my-new-hat.adoc and documentation/asciidoc/accessories/my-new-hat/about.adoc
+#
+#   scripts/add_new_page.py -b new-hat "My new HAT"
+# will create documentation/asciidoc/accessories/new-hat.adoc and documentation/asciidoc/accessories/new-hat/about.adoc
+#
+#   scripts/add_new_page.py -b new-hat -s intro "My new HAT"
+# will create documentation/asciidoc/accessories/new-hat.adoc and documentation/asciidoc/accessories/new-hat/intro.adoc
+#
+#   scripts/add_new_page.py -c services "Some extra Service"
+# will create documentation/asciidoc/services/some-extra-service.adoc and documentation/asciidoc/services/some-extra-service/about.adoc
+#
+#   scripts/add_new_page.py -c services -b id -s signing_up "Raspberry Pi ID"
+# will create documentation/asciidoc/services/id.adoc and documentation/asciidoc/services/id/signing_up.adoc
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import random
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+DOCUMENTATION_DIR = 'documentation'
+INDEX_JSON = os.path.join(DOCUMENTATION_DIR, 'index.json')
+IMAGES_DIR = os.path.join(DOCUMENTATION_DIR, 'images')
+PLACEHOLDER_IMAGES_DIR = os.path.join(IMAGES_DIR, 'placeholder')
+PLACEHOLDER_SHAPES = ('circle', 'square', 'triangle')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('name')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--category', default='accessories')
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--basename')
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--subfile', default='about')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    print(args)
+
+    name = args.name
+    category = args.category
+    basename = args.basename
+    if not basename:
+        basename = re.sub('\W', '-', name.lower())
+    subfile = f"{args.subfile}.adoc"
+
+    # Validate the category
+    valid_categories = []
+    with open(INDEX_JSON, 'r') as json_fh:
+        json_contents = json.load(json_fh)
+        for tab in json_contents["tabs"]:
+            if 'from_json' in tab:
+                continue
+            valid_categories.append(tab['path'])
+    if category not in valid_categories:
+        raise Exception(f"Invalid category {category}. Choose from {valid_categories}")
+    category_dir = os.path.join(DOCUMENTATION_DIR, 'asciidoc', category)
+    if not os.path.exists(category_dir):
+        raise Exception(f"{category_dir} doesn't exist")
+
+    # Check the new page hasn't already been added
+    new_dir = os.path.join(category_dir, basename)
+    if os.path.isdir(new_dir):
+        raise Exception(f"{new_dir} already exists")
+    new_file = f"{new_dir}.adoc"
+    if os.path.isfile(new_file):
+        raise Exception(f"{new_file} already exists")
+    new_subfile = os.path.join(new_dir, subfile)
+    if os.path.isfile(new_subfile):
+        raise Exception(f"{new_subfile} already exists")
+
+    print(f"Will create {new_file} and {new_subfile}")
+    sys.exit(0)
+    # Create the template AsciiDoc documentation
+    os.mkdir(new_dir)
+    with open(new_file, 'w') as fh:
+        fh.write(f"include::{basename}/{subfile}[]\n")
+    with open(new_subfile, 'w') as fh:
+        fh.write(f"== About\n\nAll about {name} and why it's amazing")
+
+    # Add the placeholder images
+    shape = random.choice(PLACEHOLDER_SHAPES)
+    shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(PLACEHOLDER_IMAGES_DIR, f"placeholder_{shape}-SMALL.png"), os.path.join(IMAGES_DIR, f"{basename}-SMALL.png"))
+    shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(PLACEHOLDER_IMAGES_DIR, f"placeholder_{shape}.png"), os.path.join(IMAGES_DIR, 'full-sized', f"{basename}.png"))
+
+    # And finally update the JSON which ties everything together
+    with open(INDEX_JSON, 'r+') as json_fh:
+        json_contents = json.load(json_fh)
+        found = False
+        for tab in json_contents["tabs"]:
+            if tab['path'] == category:
+                found = True
+                tab["subitems"].append({
+                    "title": name,
+                    "description": f"Description of {name}",
+                    "image": os.path.join('full-sized', f"{basename}.png"),
+                    "subpath": f"{basename}.adoc",
+                })
+                break
+        if not found: # this shouldn't ever happen, as we already validated the category earlier
+            raise Exception(f"Couldn't find tab with path {category} in {INDEX_JSON}")
+        json_fh.seek(0)
+        json.dump(json_contents, json_fh, indent=4)
+
+    print(f"Done. Use 'git status' and 'git diff' to see what has changed, and then add more content to\n {new_subfile}")
+