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Dynamic Dev.to Blog Posts On GitHub

What is this?

Want to show dynamic posts that update with the posts that you right on dev.to? This post is going to share a simple yet easy way to add dev.to posts dynamically to your github profile. Here is a example as well:

Example

How to use?

  • Leave some reactions to this repository šŸ˜‰
  • Create a repository with the same name as your username For example if my username is AttentiveAryan the repo will be AttentiveAryan/AttentiveAryan Message To Verify
  • Create a readme.md file
   <h1 align="center">Hi šŸ‘‹šŸ», I'm Aryan Gupta</h1>
  <h3 align="center">A passionate learner from India</h3>
  <p align="center"> <a href="https://twitter.com/attentivearyan" 
target="blank"><img 
src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/attentivearyan? 
logo=twitter&style=for-the-badge" alt="attentivearyan" /></a> 
  </p>

  - šŸ”­ Iā€™m currently working on [learning html & css](https://freecodecamp.org/)

  - šŸ’» All of my projects are available at [attentivearyan.github.io](https://attentivearyan.github.io)

  - šŸ“ I regularly write articles on [attentivearyan.github.io/blog/](https://attentivearyan.github.io/blog/)

  - šŸ“« How to reach me **attentivearyan@gmail.com**

  - šŸ“„ Know about my experiences [attentivearyan.github.io/resume/](https://attentivearyan.github.io/resume/)

  ### Blogs posts
  <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:START -->
  <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:END -->
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Make sure to include the comment tag cause the post will be placed in this

  <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:START -->
  <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:END -->
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  • Now let us come to the logic, We are going to use blog-post-workflow action:

    GitHub logo gautamkrishnar / blog-post-workflow

    Show your latest blog posts from any sources or StackOverflow activity or Youtube Videos on your GitHub profile/project readme automatically using the RSS feed

  • For that create a file in .github/workflows/ called blog-post-workflow.yml
name: Latest blog post workflow
on:
  schedule: # Run workflow automatically
    - cron: '0 * * * *' # Runs every hour, on the hour
  workflow_dispatch: # Run workflow manually (without waiting for the cron to be called), through the Github Actions Workflow page directly
jobs:
  update-readme-with-blog:
    name: Update this repo's README with latest blog posts
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow@master
        with:
          feed_list: "https://dev.to/feed/{username}"
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Replace {username} with your username

  • Check the repo for more configuration options:

    GitHub logo gautamkrishnar / blog-post-workflow

    Show your latest blog posts from any sources or StackOverflow activity or Youtube Videos on your GitHub profile/project readme automatically using the RSS feed

    Blog post workflow Build and test

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    How to use

    1. Star this repo šŸ˜‰

    2. Go to your repository

    3. Add the following section to your README.md file, you can give whatever title you want. Just make sure that you use <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:START --><!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:END --> in your readme. The workflow will replace this comment with the actual blog post list:

      # Blog posts
      <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:START -->
      <!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:END -->
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    4. Create a folder named .github and create a workflows folder inside it, if it doesn't exist.

    5. Create a new file named blog-post-workflow.yml with the following contents inside the workflows folder:

      name: Latest blog post workflow
      on
        schedule: # Run workflow automatically
          - cron: '0 * * * *' # Runs every hour, on the hour
        workflow_dispatch: # Run workflow manually (without waiting for the cron to be called), through the GitHub Actions Workflow page directly
      permissions:
        contents: 
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Happy Coding! If you face any issues comment here down below! Make sure to link your profile repo once you're done!

Thanks to @krishdevdb for this article

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