Show your latest dev.to posts automatically on your GitHub profile readme

I just created a GitHub Action that lets you add links to your latest blog posts from Dev.to and other sources to your Github Profile readme automatically.

Check it out if you want a readme like this:

Project on GitHub: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow
Example readme: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar

Demo video

How to use

• Star this repo 😉
• Go to your repository
• 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 -->

• Create a folder named .github and create a workflows folder inside it if it doesn't exist.
• 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: write # To write the generated contents to the readme

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/gautamkrishnar,https://www.gautamkrishnar.com/feed/"

• Replace the above url list with your own rss feed urls. See popular-sources for a list of common RSS feed urls.
• Commit and wait for it to run automatically or you can also trigger it manually to see the result instantly. To trigger the workflow manually, please follow the steps in the video.

Options

This workflow has additional options that you can use to customize it for your use case. The following are the list of options available:

Advanced usage examples

StackOverflow example

The following configuration allows you to show your latest StackOverflow activity along with your latest blog posts in the Github profile or project readme:

• Follow the steps mentioned in the how to use section
• Add the following section to your README.md file, you can give whatever title you want. Just make sure that you use <!-- STACKOVERFLOW:START --><!-- STACKOVERFLOW:END --> in your readme. The workflow will replace this comment with the actual StackOverflow activity:

# StackOverflow Activity
<!-- STACKOVERFLOW:START -->
<!-- STACKOVERFLOW:END -->

• Create stack-overflow-workflow.yml in your workflows folder with the following contents, replace 4214976 with your StackOverflow user id:

name: Latest stack overflow activity
on:
  schedule:
    # Runs every 5 minutes
    - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  update-readme-with-stack-overflow:
    name: Update this repo's README with latest activity from StackOverflow
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow@master
        with:
          comment_tag_name: "STACKOVERFLOW"
          commit_message: "Updated readme with the latest stackOverflow data"
          feed_list: "https://stackoverflow.com/feeds/user/4214976"

See the result!

Popular Sources

Following are the list of some popular blogging platforms and their RSS feed urls:

Examples

• My own GitHub profile readme - YML File
• Lucas Santos' GitHub profile readme - YML File
• Blog post table - YML File

Update 22-July-2020

Thanks for the overwhelming response everyone, Just added StackOverflow support to the project. Now you can have your dev.to posts along with your StackOverflow activity in your GitHub readme. The action now supports having multiple instances on the same repo. See an example readme: