blog.js

/* This Blog
 * A simple nodejs blog engine for programmers that like Markdown
 * 
 * Author: Dusko Jordanovski <jordanovskid@gmail.com>
 */

var path    = require('path');
var fs      = require('fs');
var options = require('optimist').argv;
var winston = require('winston');

global.settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'settings.json'), 'utf-8'));
settings.root   = __dirname.replace(/\/+$/, "");
global.cache    = { posts: {}, tags: {}, menus: {}, order: [], checksums: {} };
global.logger   = new (winston.Logger)({
  exitOnError: false,
  transports:  [
    options.p || options.publish
      ? new (winston.transports.Console)({ handleExceptions: true, filename: settings.errorLog }) 
      : new (winston.transports.File)({ handleExceptions: true, filename: settings.errorLog })
  ]
})

// These have to be included after we parse the settings file
var utils   = require('./libs/utils');
var server  = require('./libs/server');
var client  = require('./libs/client');

console.log("Updating local files cache ...");

// Settings file checksum
utils.updateFile(fs.ReadStream(path.join(settings.root, 'settings.json')), path.join(settings.root, 'settings.json'));

var counter = 0;
settings.contentDirs.forEach(function(dir){
  utils.crawl(path.join(settings.root, dir), function(filepath){
    
    counter++;
    utils[filepath.substr(-2).toLowerCase() === 'md' ? 'updatePost' : 'updateFile'](fs.ReadStream(filepath), filepath, {}, function(){
      if(--counter){
        return;
      }
      if(options.p || options.publish) {
        client.publish();
      }
      else if(options.s || options.serve) {
        require('http').createServer(server).listen(settings.port);
        console.log("Serving this blog on " + settings.server + ":" + settings.port);
      }
      else {
        console.log("\nUsage:\n");
        console.log("blog.js --serve (-s) to start the server.");
        console.log("blog.js --publish (-p) to publish your latest changes.");
        console.log("Edit settings.json to change settings.\n");
      }
    });
    
  });
});