code2ghost README

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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dedfaf.code2ghost

This is a VSCode plugin used to upload the currently opened markdown file to your GhostCMS via the Ghost API. This plugin has not been widely tested yet, please feel free to submit issues or contribute code.

WARNING

The extension is on a very early stage, so many function is not working right now.

The extension converts markdown files to html first. Currently only texts and images in markdown file is supported.

~~The extension detects title of the post by using regular expressions to determine the content between <h1> and </h1>. If your markdown has more than two top titles, the content would go wrong.~~

2025.2.24: if title is provided in front-matter, title won't be asked when creating post. I suggest to set title in front matter instead of using h1.

Since the extension is in early dev, the version in marketplace will usually be outdated, please always build from the source

Features

How to use

1. Install the extension in code.
2. Go to the settings and find Code2Ghost: Secret Key, then generate a sufficiently long secret key. Please try to avoid using the default value.
3. Go to the backend setting of your Ghost website, find the Integrations tab under Advanced, and add a new custom integration. Typically, this can be found at: https://your.ghost.website/ghost/#/settings/integrations/new
4. Run the command Code2Ghost: Set Config (press ctrl+alt+p or F1) to set the API URL and Admin API key. The admin key will be stored in the VSCode globalState using AES-256-CBC encryption.
5. Open the markdown file you want to post and stay focus on it. Run Code2Ghost: Create and Draft Post Using Current Editor's File or Code2Ghost: Create and Publish Post Using Current Editor's File and wait, you will get a link to the post if the post is created successful.

Update process

The update Process:

1. run Code2Ghost: Get Post in new tab to get the post you want to update.

   This will gets you new editor tab with front matter (contains post id & updated_at), which is needed for the update process.

   • Or run Code2Ghost: Sync Post By Post id provided in front-matter (Current editor)

2. run Code2Ghost: Update Post Using Current Editor's file and wait, you will get a link to the post if the post is updated successful.

Currently, every time a post is created or updated, the local markdown file is also automatically synced. The sync action aim for 2 purpose:

• To update updated_at in front-matter in order to update the post Continuously.
• To convert the local markdown image links into URLs used by Ghost. Otherwise, if the post is updated again using the same file, the local images will be uploaded repeatedly.