Publish to Hashnode - GitHub Action

Description

This GitHub Action automates the process of publishing a blog post to Hashnode. It is designed to simplify and streamline the workflow of publishing content on the Hashnode platform.

name: Publish to Hashnode

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    paths:
      - 'blogs/**'
jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm install
      - name: Publish to Hashnode
        uses: PritishMishraa/hashnode-publish-action@v1.0.2
        with:
          src: blogs
          HASHNODE_PAT: ${{ secrets.HASHNODE_PAT }}
      - name: (AUTO COMMIT) Update Status to Published
        uses: mikeal/publish-to-github-action@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      # ... add more steps as needed

This will trigger a deployment for every commit to blog folder in master. If you'd like to change the "on" or "path" event, see the GitHub action documentation, which shows how to build on Pull Requests, Releases, Tags and more.

Configuration

[!IMPORTANT]
Workflows should have read and write permissions in the repository. Check here, Settings > Actions > General > Workflow permissions

For GitHub Action

The with portion of the workflow must be configured before the action will work. Any secrets must be referenced using the bracket syntax and stored in the GitHub repositories Settings/Security/Secrets and variables/Actions menu. You can learn more about setting environment variables with GitHub actions here.

Key	Value Information	Default	Type	Required
`HASHNODE_PAT`	The Hashnode Personal Access Token. Get it Here.	-	`secrets`	Yes
`src`	The path to the blog post.	blogs	`string`	NO

For markdown files

Each markdown file should atleast containt title and tags in the front-matter (mandatory for hashnode).

---

title: Deploying Next Apps
tags:
  - Next.js
  - Deployment
  - Coding

---

Content...

Happy blogging!

This action is intended to make your publishing workflow to Hashnode more efficient and straightforward. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an issue or contribute to the development. Happy blogging!

PritishMishraa / hashnode-publish-action

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