Hugo script to create a new post and automatically open it in the editor

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from datetime import datetime
import argparse
import os.path
from slugify import slugify
import subprocess

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create a new post")
    parser.add_argument("title", help="Title of the post")
    parser.add_argument("--no-ide", help="Do not open a IDE", action="store_false", dest="ide")
    parser.add_argument("--no-git", help="Do not add the file to git", action="store_false", dest="git")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    now = datetime.now()
    
    slug = slugify(args.title)

    filename = os.path.join("content", "post", f"{now.year}", f"{now.month}",
                            f"{slug}.md")
    print(f"Creating new post: {filename}")
    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename), exist_ok=True)
    
    with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write("---\n")
        f.write(f"title: \"{args.title}\"\n")
        f.write(f"date: {now.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')}\n")
        f.write(f"slug: \"{slug}\"\n")
        f.write(f"author: Uli Köhler\n")
        f.write(f"katex: false\n\n")
        f.write(f"draft: true\n\n")
        f.write(f"categories:\n  - \n")
        f.write("---\n\n")
        
    if args.git:
        subprocess.run(["git", "add", filename])
        
    if args.ide:
        subprocess.run(["code", filename])

Usage example

./new-post.py "Hugo script to create a new post and automatically open it in the editor"