Class: Mail2FrontMatter::Writer

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/mail2frontmatter/writer.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.write(metadata, body) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail2frontmatter/writer.rb', line 15

def self.write(metadata, body)

  # TODO FIXME!
  # 
  # this is supposed to be configurable!
  # get this value from a module variable!
  # 
  data_directory = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'source', 'blog')

  # MAPPINGS!
  # 
  # Play nice with programs which will read this data
  # And set sensible defaults as fall throughs

  # if there is no title set, borrow the subject lines
  metadata[:title] ||= metadata[:subject]

  # make a sensible standard blog filename unless one is given
  metadata[:filename] ||= [metadata[:received].strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), '-', metadata[:subject].parameterize, '.html.erb'].join

  data = metadata.to_yaml + "---\n" + body

  File.write(File.join(data_directory, metadata[:filename]), data)
end