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diff --git a/cli/cli.py b/cli/cli.py
index 4c9733b1..51b9925c 100644
--- a/cli/cli.py
+++ b/cli/cli.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
import os
import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from config.config import *
+
+from utils import utils
+
from generators import generators
@@ -32,3 +38,42 @@ def edit_post_with_editor(path):
else:
editor = "vi"
subprocess.call([editor, path])
+
+
+def new_post(title):
+ """Create a new post with metadata pre-filled.
+
+ The path to the new post is printed to stdout.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+ 0
+ On success.
+
+ """
+ date = utils.current_datetime()
+ filename_date = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+ iso_date = date.isoformat()
+ display_date = "%s %d, %d" % (date.strftime("%B"), date.day, date.year)
+ title_sanitized = utils.sanitize(title)
+ filename = "%s-%s.md" % (filename_date, title_sanitized)
+ fullpath = os.path.join(POSTSDIR, filename)
+ if not os.path.isdir(POSTSDIR):
+ if os.path.exists(POSTSDIR):
+ os.remove(POSTSDIR)
+ os.mkdir(POSTSDIR, mode=0o755)
+ if os.path.exists(fullpath):
+ sys.stderr.write("%serror: '%s' already exists, please pick a different title%s\n" %
+ (RED, fullpath, RESET))
+ return 1
+ with open(fullpath, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as newpost:
+ newpost.write("---\n")
+ newpost.write('title: "%s"\n' % title)
+ newpost.write("date: %s\n" % iso_date)
+ newpost.write("date_display: %s\n" % display_date)
+ newpost.write("---\n\n")
+ sys.stderr.write("New post created in:\n")
+ print(fullpath)
+ edit_post_with_editor(fullpath)
+
+ return 0