Refactored blog home template

app/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
+
+from glob import glob
 from typing import Optional
 
-from markdown import markdown
-
 from flask import Flask, abort, send_from_directory, render_template
+from markdown import markdown
 
 basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.realpath(__file__), '..', '..'))
 templates_dir = os.path.join(basedir, 'templates')
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ def get_page_metadata(page: str) -> dict:
 
     metadata = {}
     with open(os.path.join(pages_dir, page), 'r') as f:
+        metadata['uri'] = '/article/' + page[:-3]
+
         for line in f.readlines():
             if not line:
                 continue
@@ -40,7 +43,10 @@ def get_page_metadata(page: str) -> dict:
             if not (m := re.match(r'^\[//]: # \(([^:]+):\s*([^)]+)\)\s*$', line)):
                 break
 
-            metadata[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+            if m.group(1) == 'published':
+                metadata[m.group(1)] = datetime.date.fromisoformat(m.group(2))
+            else:
+                metadata[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
 
     return metadata
 
@@ -52,15 +58,27 @@ def get_page(page: str, title: Optional[str] = None):
     metadata = get_page_metadata(page)
     with open(os.path.join(pages_dir, page), 'r') as f:
         return render_template('article.html',
-                               title=title if title else metadata.get('title', 'Platypush Blog'),
-                               published=(datetime.date.fromisoformat(metadata['published']).strftime('%b %d, %Y')
+                               title=title if title else metadata.get('title', 'Platypush blog'),
+                               image=metadata.get('image'),
+                               description=metadata.get('description'),
+                               published=(metadata['published'].strftime('%b %d, %Y')
                                           if metadata.get('published') else None),
                                content=markdown(f.read(),extensions=['fenced_code', 'codehilite']))
 
 
+def get_pages() -> list:
+    return sorted([
+        {
+            'path': path,
+            **get_page_metadata(os.path.basename(path)),
+        }
+        for path in glob(os.path.join(pages_dir, '*.md'))
+    ], key=lambda page: page.get('published'), reverse=True)
+
+
 @app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
 def home_route():
-    return get_page('Home', title='Platypush Blog')
+    return render_template('index.html', pages=get_pages())
 
 
 @app.route('/favicon.ico', methods=['GET'])
@@ -78,9 +96,6 @@ def css_route(style: str):
     return send_from_directory(css_dir, style)
 
 
-@app.route('/<path:path>', methods=['GET'])
-def catch_all(path: str):
-    if path.endswith('.md'):
-        return get_page(path)
-
-    abort(404)
+@app.route('/article/<article>', methods=['GET'])
+def article_route(article: str):
+    return get_page(article)