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feat(syndication): clickable Line-1 URLs and checkable subtasks in Google Tasks #817

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52 changes: 33 additions & 19 deletions scripts/run-syndicate-post.mjs
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Expand Up @@ -59,28 +59,28 @@ async function createGoogleSyndicationTask({ title, canonicalUrl, tags = [] }) {
}

const hnUrl = `https://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?u=${encodeURIComponent(canonicalUrl)}&t=${encodeURIComponent(title)}`;
const taskTitle = `Post: ${title}`;
const taskTitle = title;
// Put canonicalUrl on Line 1 so it is immediately clickable on the Google Tasks card preview
const taskNotes = [
`📌 COPY-PASTE TITLE:`,
title,
``,
`🔗 CANONICAL URL:`,
canonicalUrl,
`Tags: ${tags.join(", ")}`,
``,
`🚀 1-TAP CROSS-POST LINKS:`,
`1. Hacker News (1-Tap Submit):`,
` ${hnUrl}`,
``,
`2. Medium (1-Click Import - automatically sets canonical tag):`,
` https://medium.com/p/import`,
` Paste: ${canonicalUrl}`,
``,
`3. Hashnode (Free UI Editor):`,
` https://hashnode.com/draft`,
` Original Article URL: ${canonicalUrl}`,
].join("\n");

const subtasks = [
{
title: "3. Cross-post to Hashnode",
notes: `https://hashnode.com/draft\nCanonical URL: ${canonicalUrl}`,
},
{
title: "2. Import to Medium (1-Click)",
notes: `https://medium.com/p/import\nPaste URL: ${canonicalUrl}`,
},
{
title: "1. Submit to Hacker News (1-Tap Pre-filled)",
notes: `${hnUrl}\nTitle: ${title}`,
},
];

// 1. Try Google Tasks API first (targeting the "CodingCat.dev Posts" list)
let targetListId = "@default";
const listsRes = await fetch("https://tasks.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists?maxResults=100", {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ async function createGoogleSyndicationTask({ title, canonicalUrl, tags = [] }) {
const existingData = await existingTasksRes.json();
const existingTask = (existingData.items || []).find(
(t) =>
(t.notes && t.notes.includes(canonicalUrl)) ||
(t.title && t.title.toLowerCase() === taskTitle.toLowerCase())
!t.parent &&
((t.notes && t.notes.includes(canonicalUrl)) ||
(t.title && t.title.toLowerCase() === taskTitle.toLowerCase()))
);
if (existingTask) {
console.log(`✓ Google Task already exists in "CodingCat.dev Posts": "${taskTitle}" (ID: ${existingTask.id})`);
Expand All @@ -146,6 +147,19 @@ async function createGoogleSyndicationTask({ title, canonicalUrl, tags = [] }) {
if (tasksRes.ok) {
const createdTask = await tasksRes.json();
console.log(`✓ Created Google Task in "CodingCat.dev Posts": "${taskTitle}" (ID: ${createdTask.id})`);
for (const st of subtasks) {
await fetch(
`https://tasks.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/${encodeURIComponent(targetListId)}/tasks?parent=${encodeURIComponent(createdTask.id)}`,
{
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify(st),
}
);
}
return;
}
}
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