Blog API#2

API access for:

• Create/Update/Delete post
• Download backup
• Update Homepage
• Update stylesheet

If this could be compatible with the MetaWeblog or AtomPub interface that would be great. I mention because being able to use Marsedit (Mac app) would be great. Thanks.

Supporting all types of API’s & stuff might be out of scope. But users could write wrappers which adapt other systems with Bear’s API.

I would like this so I can intergrate TinyLetter to send emails every time I make a new post

It would be great to have some kind if API or sync for publishing posts from an editor like iA writer. Writing in a web form is not a great experience, so I write in iA writer, then copy paste over.

An option is to be able to sync the posts folder with a local folder of .md files like dropbox or maybe connect bearblog with github, which in turn the user can store locally (and will include versioning).

I’d appreciate being able to submit drafts via a protocol like Micropub, this would immediately allow writing in an app like iA Writer and submitting from there without copy & paste.

An API - at least for posting markdown text - is the one feature holding me back from becoming a paying customer for life.

Thank you for your lovely blog product, otherwise. Your whole vibe seems cool.

@noat That would be absolutely awesome!
I use Obsidian more and more and am porting all my Documents etc. into it’s Structure.

And since I recently discovered Syncthing as a great way to real-time synching between devices ~ I can even use and access everything Obsidian on mobile too ~ and work on Desktop & Mobile simulatneously 💝

I currently use Share Note on Obsidian to publish individual Documents ~ which, although sites are not that lightweight due to styles, works very well.

With these kinds of API I envision a lot of tools helping nerds/devs like me to create a new blog post from CLI!

This would let me keep my notes under version control and update my bearblog content from a Github pipeline

Sounds very good to me.

Do you need any help for the api development?

I’m really looking forward to it. If there’s an API, I can use AppleScript to publish markdown directly in BBEdit.

Another vote for API access this would be sweet