Show your latest blog posts on your GitHub profile/project readme from any sources automatically using RSS feed

Blog post workflow

List your latest blog posts from different sources on your Github profile/project readme automatically using this github action:

How to use

• 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 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:
    # Runs every hour
    - cron: '0 * * * *'

jobs:
  update-readme-with-blog:
    name: Update this repo's README with latest blog posts
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/[email protected]
      - uses: gautamkrishnar/[email protected]
        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

Options

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

Popular Sources

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

Examples

• My own GitHub profile readme - YML File

ToDo

• Add more sources
• Fix bugs
• Add CI/CD using travis ci

Bugs

If you are experiencing any bugs, don’t forget to open a new issue.

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