weibeld · July 31, 2019 06:19 · Jul 31, 2019
diff --git a/medium-article-with-canonical-link.sh b/medium-article-with-canonical-link.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+TITLE=$1
+CANONICAL_URL=$2
+
+if [[ "$#" -ne 2 ]]; then
+  cat <<EOF
+USAGE
+  $(basename $0) <TITLE> <CANONICAL_URL>
+
+ARGUMENTS
+  TITLE          Title of your article, used in Medium URL, can't be changed!
+  CANONICAL_URL  Canonical URL that this article should point to
+
+NOTES
+  This script creates a draft article in your Medium account that includes a
+  <link rel="canonical" ... /> tag pointing to your desired canonical URL. You
+  can't set a canonical URL for an article through the Medium Web UI, that's
+  why this script uses the Medium API:
+  
+    https://github.com/Medium/medium-api-docs
+
+  After running this script, you will find the article as a draft in your
+  Medium account where you can edit and publish it as usual. However, you
+  can't change the canonical URL and the article title (the one used in the
+  Medium URL of your article) anymore.
+
+  To use the Medium API, you need an integration token, which you can request
+  on the Medium help page:
+
+    https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/213480228-Get-integration-token
+
+$(printf '\e[37;1m')IMPORTANT
+  Before using this script, change the get-integration-token() function to
+  print out your Medium integration token.$(printf '\e[0m')
+EOF
+exit
+fi
+
+# Abort if jq is not installed
+if ! which -s jq; then
+  echo "You must install jq (e.g. 'brew install jq')"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get your Medium integration token from wherever you have stored it
+get-integration-token() {
+  # EDIT THIS PRINT YOUR INTEGRATION TOKEN
+  aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id medium/integration-token --query SecretString --output text
+}
+
+# Get your Medium client ID from the Medium API (requires integration token)
+get-client-id() {
+  curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $(get-integration-token)" \
+    https://api.medium.com/v1/me | jq -r .data.id
+}
+
+# Create the article (https://github.com/Medium/medium-api-docs#creating-a-post)
+curl -s -X POST \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(get-integration-token)" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{
+    \"title\": \"$TITLE\",
+    \"contentFormat\": \"html\",
+    \"content\": \"<h1>Put your content here...</h1>\",
+    \"canonicalUrl\": \"$CANONICAL_URL\",
+    \"publishStatus\": \"draft\"
+  }" \
+  https://api.medium.com/v1/users/"$(get-client-id)"/posts | jq