This GitHub Action generates daily or weekly digests for a Ghost blog. It fetches posts from the Ghost Admin API, filters them based on the specified period, and creates a new digest post with customizable tags and title. The action also supports debug logging and allows for timezone customization.

• url: (Required) URL of the Ghost blog.
• period: (Required) Digest period. Choose between daily or weekly. Defaults to daily.
• debug: (Optional) Enable debug logging. Defaults to false.
• tags: (Optional) Comma-separated list of tags for the digest post. Defaults to Digest.
• title: (Optional) Title of the digest post. Defaults to {{period}} Digest.
• timezone: (Optional) Timezone to use for date calculations. Defaults to America/Chicago.

• GHOST_API_KEY: (Required) Admin API key from your Ghost Admin integrations section

• result: The result of the digest generation, including the slug of the created post.

name: Daily Digest

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 4 * * *' # Runs at 4 AM UTC, which is 11 PM CDT
  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering of the workflow

jobs:
  generate-digest:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Generate Digest
        uses: robdel12/[email protected]
        with:
          url: 'https://example-url.com'
          period: daily
          debug: true
          tags: Digest,Daily
          title: 'Daily Digest'
          timezone: America/New_York
        env:
          GHOST_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GHOST_API_KEY }}

To test and develop this action locally, you can run it with Node.js. Make sure you have all dependencies installed:

npm install
node index.js

Make sure to set the necessary environment variables for local testing, such as GHOST_API_KEY.

This action is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.