Added item_exec parameter fixes:#34

.jshintrc

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "camelcase": true,
   "curly": true,
   "eqeqeq": true,
+  "evil": true,
   "freeze": true,
   "indent": 2,
   "newcap": true,

README.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ This workflow has additional options that you can use to customize it for your u
 | `filter_comments` | `medium,stackoverflow/Comment by $author/,stackexchange/Comment by $author/` | Comma separated list of platforms you want to enable the comment filter.<br/><br/>**Available filters**<ul><li>`medium`: Allows you to filter out the Medium comments</li><li>`stackoverflow/Comment by $author/`: Allows you to filter out the StackOverflow comments. Argument to this filter is optional, it defaults to 'Comment by $author'. If you use any language other than English on StackOverflow, you can use this argument to customize it. See [#16](https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow/issues/16) for more info.</li><li>`stackexchange/Comment by $author/`: Allows you to filter out the StackExchange comments. Argument to this filter follows the same format as `stackoverflow` filter's argument.</li></ul> | No |
 | `custom_tags` | `""` | Allows you to use the custom tags from your feed items in your template. Format: `variableName/tagName/,variableName/tagName/`. Please see the [issue comment](https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow/issues/28#issuecomment-696024087) for more details | No |
 | `title_max_length` | `""` | Allows you to trim the title in the posts list, excess text will be appended with an ellipsis `...` | No |
+| `item_exec` | `""` | Allows you execute custom JavaScript code on each post item fetched from the xml to do advanced text manipulation. Please see the [issue comment](https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/blog-post-workflow/issues/34#issuecomment-706582788) as an example | No |
 | `commit_message` | `Updated with the latest blog posts` | Allows you to customize the commit message | No |
 | `committer_username` | `blog-post-bot` | Allows you to customize the committer username | No |
 | `committer_email` | `[email protected]` | Allows you to customize the committer email | No |

action.yml

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Allows you to trim the title in the posts list"
     default: ""
     required: false
+  item_exec:
+    description: "Allows you to execute custom JavaScript code on each item to do advanced text manipulation"
+    default: ""
+    required: false
   commit_message:
     description: "Commit message used while committing to the repo"
     default: "Updated with the latest blog posts"

blog-post-workflow.js

@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ const TOTAL_POST_COUNT = Number.parseInt(core.getInput('max_post_count'));
 const TITLE_MAX_LENGTH = core.getInput('title_max_length') ?
   Number.parseInt(core.getInput('title_max_length')) : null;
 
+// Advanced content modification parameter, default: ""
+const ITEM_EXEC = core.getInput('item_exec');
+
 // Readme path, default: ./README.md
 const README_FILE_PATH = core.getInput('readme_path');
 const GITHUB_TOKEN = core.getInput('gh_token');
@@ -234,12 +237,24 @@ feedList.forEach((siteUrl) => {
               item.title = item.title.trim().slice(0, TITLE_MAX_LENGTH) === item.title.trim() ?
                 item.title.trim() : item.title.trim().slice(0, TITLE_MAX_LENGTH) + '...';
             }
-            return {
+            const post = {
               title: item.title.trim(),
               url: item.link.trim(),
               date: new Date(item.pubDate.trim()),
               ...customTags
             };
+            // Advanced content manipulation using javascript code
+            if (ITEM_EXEC) {
+              try {
+                eval(ITEM_EXEC);
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.error('Failure in executing `item_exec` parameter');
+                core.error(e);
+                process.exit(1);
+              }
+            }
+
+            return post;
           });
         resolve(posts);
       }

local-run.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, 'test', 'Readme.md'), template, () => {
   process.env.TEST_MODE = 'true';
   process.env.INPUT_CUSTOM_TAGS = '';
   process.env.INPUT_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH = '';
+  process.env.INPUT_ITEM_EXEC = '';
   const testFile = process.env.DIST ? './dist/blog-post-workflow' :'./blog-post-workflow';
   console.log('Testing: ', testFile);
   require(testFile);

test.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TEST_ENV = {
   INPUT_DATE_FORMAT: 'UTC:ddd mmm dd yyyy h:MM TT',
   INPUT_CUSTOM_TAGS: '',
   INPUT_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH: '',
+  INPUT_ITEM_EXEC: '',
   TEST_MODE: 'true'
 };
 
@@ -133,4 +134,16 @@ describe('Blog post workflow tests', function () {
     };
     await runAndCompareSnap(README_FILE, envObj);
   });
+
+  it('Generated readme with advanced manipulation via JS should match the snapshot',async function () {
+    const README_FILE = 'Readme.exec.md';
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test', README_FILE), TEMPLATE);
+    const envObj = {
+      ...process.env,
+      ...DEFAULT_TEST_ENV,
+      INPUT_README_PATH: path.join(__dirname, 'test', README_FILE),
+      INPUT_ITEM_EXEC: 'post.title=post.title.replace("Gautam",""); post.title=post.title.replace("browser","");'
+    };
+    await runAndCompareSnap(README_FILE, envObj);
+  });
 });

test/Readme.exec.md.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Readme test
+Post list example:
+<!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:START -->
+- [God Mode in s: document.designMode = "on"](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/god-mode-in-browsers-document-designmode-on-2pmo)
+- [Skipping the Chrome "Your connection is not private" warning](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/quickbits-1-skipping-the-chrome-your-connection-is-not-private-warning-4kp1)
+- [Microsoft Student Partners – Geek is the new rockstar](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/microsoft-student-partners--geek-is-the-new-rockstar)
+- [An Introduction to NumPy](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/an-introduction-to-numpy)
+- [Hi, I'm  krishna.R](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/hi-im-gautam-krishnar)
+- [DuckDuckGo – The search engine redefined](https://dev.to/gautamkrishnar/duckduckgo-the-search-engine-redefined-4c7d)
+<!-- BLOG-POST-LIST:END -->
+
+# Other contents
+Test content