AutoPilot

a step forward in blog automation

use this ruby gem to convert your stackoverflow profile to a jekyll blog and more
fetch questions for a specifc user id and convert them to markdown or html

how do i

install autpilot?
- add gem 'auto_pilot', '~> 2.0.0' to gemfile as development dependency
- run bundle install
use autopilot?
- run bundle exec autopilot from command line
- the bin will create a config file in the root of your project
customize templates?
register for an API key?
see demo?

custom templates

customized templates are as easy as updating your config:

full example of config with custom template

we can update our config with an override of MarkdownConverter#md_template
for html, override HTMLConverter#html_template

contributing

fork it
create your feature branch
commit your changes

do i have to use jekyll

no. we are just generating partials from stackoverflow posts - they could be integrated with wordpress or rails projects with ease.

afterall, its just html :)

you will also want to set disable_front_matter = true in your config when using outside of jekyll

demo application

checkout the demo application and experiment

screenshots

todo

change file naming convention to date question answered
update config options
- get questions after date x
- credit sources
- support erb templates