added dryRun option

README.md

@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ Allowed values are:
 - `hashnode`
 - `medium`
 
+##### Dry Run
+
+If you want to test out the entire flow without actually posting the article, you can pass the `-d, --dryRun` option:
+
+```bash
+yarn start example.com --dryRun
+```
+
 ## Config
 
 By default, this tool will look for configurations under `config/default.json` or `config/local.json`. You can also pass the `-c, --config` option to load configurations from a different JSON file.

src/clients/devto-client.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DevToClient {
     })
   }
 
-  async post (url: string) {
+  async post (url: string, dryRun?: boolean) {
     //get page id
     const pageId = this.notion.getPageIdFromURL(url)
     //get blocks
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ class DevToClient {
       article[value] = this.formatValue(value, attributeValue)
     })
 
+    if (dryRun) {
+      console.log('No error occurred while preparing article for dev.to.')
+      return
+    }
+
     //push to dev.to
     await this.client.post('articles', {
       article

src/clients/github-client.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class GitHubClient {
     this.notion = new Notion(notion_config)
   }
 
-  async post(url: string) {
+  async post(url: string, dryRun?: boolean) {
     //get page id
     const pageId = this.notion.getPageIdFromURL(url)
     //get blocks
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ class GitHubClient {
       content: this.toBase64(markdown)
     })
 
+    if (dryRun) {
+      console.log('No error occurred while preparing article for GitHub.')
+      return
+    }
+
     //commit files to GitHub
     for (const file of files) {
       await this.octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}', {

src/clients/hashnode-client.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class HashnodeClient {
     })
   }
 
-  async post (url: string) {
+  async post (url: string, dryRun?: boolean) {
     //get page id
     const pageId = this.notion.getPageIdFromURL(url)
     //get blocks
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ class HashnodeClient {
       hideFromHashnodeFeed: this.options.should_hide
     }
 
+    if (dryRun) {
+      console.log('No error occurred while preparing article for Hashnode.')
+      return
+    }
+
     await this.client.request(mutation, data)
 
     console.log('Article pushed to Hashnode')

src/clients/medium-client.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MediumClient {
     })
   }
 
-  async post (url: string) {
+  async post (url: string, dryRun?: boolean) {
      //get page id
      const pageId = this.notion.getPageIdFromURL(url)
      //get blocks
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ class MediumClient {
      const subtitle = this.notion.getAttributeValue(properties[this.options.properties?.subtitle || MediumProperties.SUBTITLE])
      markdown = `# ${title}\r\n\r\n${subtitle ? `${subtitle}\r\n\r\n` : ''}${markdown}`
 
+     if (dryRun) {
+       console.log('No error occurred while preparing article for Medium.')
+       return
+     }
+
      await this.client.post(requestPath, {
       title,
       contentFormat: 'markdown',

src/commands/post.ts

@@ -5,30 +5,31 @@ import MediumClient from "../clients/medium-client";
 import GlobalOptions, { Platforms } from "../types/global-options";
 
 type PostOptions = GlobalOptions & {
-  platforms: Platforms[]
+  platforms: Platforms[],
+  dryRun: boolean
 }
 
-export default async function post (url: string, { config, platforms }: PostOptions) {
+export default async function post (url: string, { config, platforms, dryRun }: PostOptions) {
   const promises = []
 
   if (platforms.includes(Platforms.GITHUB)) {
     const github = new GitHubClient(config.github, config.notion)
-    promises.push(github.post(url))
+    promises.push(github.post(url, dryRun))
   }
 
   if (platforms.includes(Platforms.DEVTO)) {
     const devto = new DevToClient(config.devto, config.notion)
-    promises.push(devto.post(url))
+    promises.push(devto.post(url, dryRun))
   }
 
   if (platforms.includes(Platforms.HASHNODE)) {
     const hashnode = new HashnodeClient(config.hashnode, config.notion)
-    promises.push(hashnode.post(url))
+    promises.push(hashnode.post(url, dryRun))
   }
 
   if (platforms.includes(Platforms.MEDIUM)) {
     const medium = new MediumClient(config.medium, config.notion)
-    promises.push(medium.post(url))
+    promises.push(medium.post(url, dryRun))
   }
 
   await Promise.all(promises)

src/index.ts

@@ -36,5 +36,10 @@ program
   .option(
     '-p, --platforms [platforms...]', 
     'Platforms to publish the article on.', Object.values(Platforms))
+  .option(
+    '-d, --dryRun',
+    'If this option is passed, the entire process runs without actually posting the article. Useful for testing.',
+    false
+  )
 
 program.parse()