How I Built a Python Script That Automates My Entire Dev.to Publishing Workflow

I got tired of manually publishing articles to Dev.to. So I built a Python script that does it for me.

The Problem

I write articles in Markdown locally, then have to:

1. Log into Dev.to
2. Click "New Post"
3. Copy-paste the content
4. Set tags, preview, publish
5. Repeat for every article

When you publish 5+ articles a day, this takes forever.

The Solution

A Python script that logs into Dev.to, grabs the CSRF token, and publishes articles programmatically.

import requests, re, html

s = requests.Session()
# Login
r = s.get('https://dev.to/enter')
token = re.search(r'authenticity_token.*?value="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
s.post('https://dev.to/users/sign_in', data={{
    'user[email]': EMAIL, 'user[password]': PASSWORD,
    'authenticity_token': token,
}})

# Get CSRF from dashboard (NOT /new - Dev.to changed in 2026)
r = s.get('https://dev.to/dashboard')
csrf = re.search(r'authenticity_token.*?value="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)

# Publish
s.post('https://dev.to/articles', data={{
    'authenticity_token': csrf,
    'article[title]': title,
    'article[body_markdown]': body,
    'article[published]': '1',
}})

Key Insights

1. CSRF Location Changed

In 2026, Dev.to changed their frontend. The /new page no longer contains a static CSRF token. You MUST fetch it from /dashboard instead.

2. Session Persistence

Save cookies to a JSON file to avoid logging in every time:

import json
sess_data = {{'cookies': s.cookies.get_dict()}}
with open('devto_session.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(sess_data, f)

3. Rate Limiting

Space articles 35 seconds apart. Dev.to rate-limits at about 4-5 articles per minute.

The Full Script

The complete script handles:

• Session management with cookie persistence
• CSRF token rotation
• Batch publishing with rate limiting
• Duplicate title detection
• Markdown frontmatter parsing

I packaged this into a reusable tool. If you want the full script with all features:

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