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Andre Jarrell

Posted on Aug 14, 2020

Dev Posts on GitHub

#actionshackathon #github #javascript #opensource

My Workflow

Show Dev Posts is free to use in the GitHub Marketplace!

This is a GitHub Action that will allow you to show your most recent blog posts from DEV.TO in your README

Submission Category

Wacky Wildcards is the category at the moment. It was made specifically for dev.to writters!

Yaml File or Link to Code

andrejarrell / DevPosts

📚 Show your latest DEV posts in your GitHub README

DevPosts

📰 Name	📅 Date	❤ Reactions	💬 Comments
My Fav Browser Extensions	09/18/2020	4	0
Basic Linux Commands	08/19/2020	6	0
My VSCode Setup	08/18/2020	7	2

This is a GitHub Action that will allow you to show your most recent blog posts from dev.to in your README

🛠 Setup

Place these locator comment tags in your markdown file

# 📝 Posts
<!-- devposts:start -->
<!-- devposts:end -->

Create a .github/workflows directory and make file named devposts.yml inside it

name: Show Dev Posts
on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 * * * *'

jobs:
  update:
    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: andrejarrell/devposts@1.3.0
        with:
          # Replace username with your dev.to username
          dev_username: username
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
          # Add any other settings here