Hello all, I have written the following program. It generates a template for Pelican web site static generator. It works just fine, it generates the template and then I put the info in it to customize. But I was wondering, is this the "right" way to do it in python?
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Generate a Pelican markdown base page.""" import argparse import datetime def Main(): """Run if run as a program.""" parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("-T", "--title", type=str, required=True, help='Title for site, also generates the slug', metavar="") parser.add_argument("-c", "--category", required=True, help='Category or categories of post', metavar="") parser.add_argument("-t", "--tags", type=str, required=True, help="Tags for post", metavar="") parser.add_argument("-a", "--author", type=str, default="Pat Martin", help="Author of post", metavar="") args = parser.parse_args() now = datetime.datetime.now() slug = args.title.replace(" ", "-").lower() with open("{}.md".format(slug), 'w') as f: f.write("Title: {}\n".format(args.title)) f.write("Date: {}-{}-{} {}:{}\n".format(now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.minute)) f.write("Modified: {}-{}-{} {}:{}\n".format(now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.minute)) f.write("Category: {}\n".format(args.category)) f.write("Slug: {}\n".format(slug)) f.write("Authors: {}\n".format(args.author)) f.write("Summary: \n") if __name__ == "__main__": Main() Thanks for any input. WP _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor