How I Made a Reminder to Write a Blog Post Using GitHub Action

name: Blog Postson:  schedule:    - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # Run at 00:00 every Sunday  workflow_dispatch:jobs:  update-posts:    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    steps:      - uses: actions/checkout@v3      - name: Update post list        run: |          sleep 1m          curl -LO https://blog.imam.dev/feed.xml          node src/list-posts.js          rm feed.xml      - name: Commit changes        run: |          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"          git add -A          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Update blog posts"      - name: Pull changes        run: git pull -r      - name: Push changes        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@0fafdd62b84042d49ec0cb92d9cac7f7ce4ec79e        with:          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs')/** * Convert XML string to JSON * @param {string} xmlString * @returns {object} json */const xmlToJson = (xmlString) => {  const regex = /<(\w+)([^>]*)>([\s\S]*?)<\/\1>/gm  const matches = xmlString.matchAll(regex)  const json = {}  for (const match of matches) {    const [, key, attributes, value] = match    const subMatches = value.matchAll(regex)    const subJson = {}    for (const subMatch of subMatches) {      const [, subKey, subAttributes, subValue] = subMatch      if (subValue.match(regex)) {        if (Array.isArray(subJson[subKey])) {          subJson[subKey].push(            xmlToJson(`<${subKey}${subAttributes}>${subValue}</${subKey}>`)[subKey]          )        } else if (subJson[subKey]) {          subJson[subKey] = [            subJson[subKey],            xmlToJson(`<${subKey}${subAttributes}>${subValue}</${subKey}>`)[subKey],          ]        } else {          subJson[subKey] = xmlToJson(`<${subKey}${subAttributes}>${subValue}</${subKey}>`)[subKey]        }      } else if (Array.isArray(subJson[subKey])) {        subJson[subKey].push(subValue)      } else if (subJson[subKey]) {        subJson[subKey] = [subJson[subKey], subValue]      } else {        subJson[subKey] = subValue      }    }    if (json[key]) {      if (Array.isArray(json[key])) {        json[key].push(subJson)      } else {        json[key] = [json[key], subJson]      }    } else {      json[key] = subJson    }  }  return json}/** * Sort JSON by pubDate * @param {object} json * @returns {object} sortedJson */const sortJson = (json) => {  json.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.pubDate) - new Date(a.pubDate))  return json}// Read XML file and convert to JSONconst xmlString = readFileSync('feed.xml', 'utf8')const feeds = sortJson(xmlToJson(xmlString).rss.channel.item)// Create Markdown list of postsconst posts = feeds  .slice(0, 5)  .map(    (item) =>      `- ${new Date(item.pubDate).toISOString().split('T')[0]} [${item.title}](${        item.link      }?utm_source=GitHubProfile)`  )// Update README.md if posts have changed,// Otherwise throw an error to remind me to write a blog postconst readme = readFileSync('README.md', 'utf8')if (readme.includes(posts.join('
'))) {  throw new Error('No new blog posts')} else {  const updatedReadme = readFileSync('README.md', 'utf8').replace(    /(?<=<!--START_SECTION:blog-posts-->
)[\s\S]*(?=
<!--END_SECTION:blog-posts-->)/,    posts.join('
')  )  writeFileSync('README.md', updatedReadme)  console.log('Updated README.md')}

name: Reminder to write a blog poston:  schedule:    - cron: '0 10 * * 1-5'jobs:  remind:    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    steps:      - name: Send a reminder        uses: dawidd6/[email protected]        with:          server_address: smtp.gmail.com          server_port: 465          username: ${{ secrets.EMAIL_USERNAME }}          password: ${{ secrets.EMAIL_PASSWORD }}          subject: 'Reminder to write a new blog post'          body: "Don't forget to write a new blog post today!"          to: [email protected]