Put my blog posts in the atmosphere
Project Scope and ToDos
- Create a versatile blog site
- Create a framework that makes it easy to add external data to the site
- Give the site the capacity to replicate the logging and rating I do on Serialized and Letterboxd.
- Be able to pull down RSS feeds from other sites and create forward links to my other sites
- Create forward links to sites I want to post about.
- Create a way to pull in my Goodreads data and display it on the site
- Create a way to automate pulls from other data sources
- Combine easy inputs like text lists and JSON data files with markdown files that I can build on top of.
- Add a TMDB credit to footer in base.njk
- Make sure tags do not repeat in the displayed tag list.
- Get my Kindle Quotes into the site
- YouTube Channel Recommendations
- Minify HTML via Netlify plugin.
- Log played games
Day 16
Ok, I was able to get the site information published!
Next up is pushing a blog post with the format.
goat account login -u chronotope.aramzs.xyz -p <app password>
So now we craft a JSON in the correct format for a post. We'll start with one of my essays.
If I want to link my main BlueSky post, I need to use a com.atproto.repo.strongRef apparently. This is a standard lexicon type.
I can pull it down with goat lex pull com.atproto.repo.strongRef.
There doesn't seem to be a an example of that? I guess that makes sense if it isn't an actual object. But the docs indicate it can just be a string of either a URI or a CID. I could use the URL to the post, but let's do the CID? How does one get the CID? I see it in the metadata on PDSL. But it isn't in the document or on the goat data. What is a CID anyway? Well I guess I'll look it up. Not so useful. Looks like there is a spec though.
Seems complicated. I'll just do the URL for now.
Interesting that accept: [image/*] is the value for coverImage. I don't know what that means? Let's see if we can find some examples. Let's see if we can find some examples. Here's a fully formatted one.
{
"path": "/a/3mcqr6f5jdg23-hi-from-brookie",
"site": "at://did:plc:v46ojbiop5ebs5h7gaomixcc/site.standard.publication/3mcqr4rrb7x22",
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"title": "Hi from Brookie",
"content": {
"$type": "app.offprint.content",
"items": [
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.imageGrid",
"images": [
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreihub3ikzctbstjy5e34g4hw2ux7tbryd7cpcqg7fbosaxlicapggu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13270
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreib5zrxr33anmw6gxjr5232uo3y324xpizzv7c7433jugllobvulxu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13325
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreifyqhedylyfocp3wmn4kcv4fe6b2n7cdpmfs2x2ljvdby64gvirjm"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13358
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreig2xm6piu7lzclljzyiahowvflajsylasqjtnl26m4mqz7gpwqgwu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13322
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
}
],
"gridRows": 2,
"aspectRatio": "mosaic"
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.imageDiff",
"images": [
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreihub3ikzctbstjy5e34g4hw2ux7tbryd7cpcqg7fbosaxlicapggu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13270
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreifyqhedylyfocp3wmn4kcv4fe6b2n7cdpmfs2x2ljvdby64gvirjm"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13358
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
}
],
"labels": [
"Before",
"After"
],
"alignment": "center"
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.imageCarousel",
"images": [
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreihub3ikzctbstjy5e34g4hw2ux7tbryd7cpcqg7fbosaxlicapggu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13270
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreib5zrxr33anmw6gxjr5232uo3y324xpizzv7c7433jugllobvulxu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13325
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreifyqhedylyfocp3wmn4kcv4fe6b2n7cdpmfs2x2ljvdby64gvirjm"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13358
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
},
{
"image": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreig2xm6piu7lzclljzyiahowvflajsylasqjtnl26m4mqz7gpwqgwu"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 13322
},
"aspectRatio": {
"width": 480,
"height": 480
}
}
],
"autoplay": false,
"interval": 3000
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.text",
"plaintext": "I really like all the image things :) "
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.text",
"facets": [
{
"index": {
"byteEnd": 8,
"byteStart": 0
},
"features": [
{
"did": "did:plc:eob75vcjtmbaef2tn4evc4sl",
"$type": "app.offprint.richtext.facet#mention",
"handle": "aka.dad"
}
]
},
{
"index": {
"byteEnd": 22,
"byteStart": 9
},
"features": [
{
"did": "did:plc:pgjkomf37an4czloay5zeth6",
"$type": "app.offprint.richtext.facet#mention",
"handle": "offprint.app"
}
]
},
{
"index": {
"byteEnd": 36,
"byteStart": 23
},
"features": [
{
"did": "did:plc:v46ojbiop5ebs5h7gaomixcc",
"$type": "app.offprint.richtext.facet#mention",
"handle": "brookie.blog"
}
]
},
{
"index": {
"byteEnd": 47,
"byteStart": 37
},
"features": [
{
"did": "did:plc:revjuqmkvrw6fnkxppqtszpv",
"$type": "app.offprint.richtext.facet#mention",
"handle": "pckt.blog"
}
]
}
],
"plaintext": "@aka.dad @offprint.app @brookie.blog @pckt.blog "
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.text",
"plaintext": ""
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.callout",
"emoji": "💡",
"plaintext": "Good Job Miguel ! "
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.text",
"plaintext": ""
},
{
"$type": "app.offprint.block.text",
"plaintext": ""
}
]
},
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreif6sve2kjuioifion3apv277sggym4jxhlgrkuyqqxdck7cy7x6c4"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 8455
},
"description": "brookie from pckt",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-18T21:08:15-07:00",
"textContent": "I really like all the image things :) \n@aka.dad @offprint.app @brookie.blog @pckt.blog \n\n💡 Good Job Miguel !"
}It looks like the intended format for that field is:
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreif6sve2kjuioifion3apv277sggym4jxhlgrkuyqqxdck7cy7x6c4"
},
"mimeType": "image/png",
"size": 8455
},The indication here is that you'd push a blob of image data to the PDS it looks like? Let's find the documentation. Ok, interesting. Something to figure out later, it is getting late now.
Ok, so here's the formed document so far:
{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"publishedAt": "2024-06-08T10:00:00.000Z",
"site": "at://did:plc:t5xmf33p5kqgkbznx22p7d7g/site.standard.publication/3mbrgnnqzrr2q",
"path": "/essays/the-internet-is-a-series-of-webs/",
"title": "The Internet is a Series of Webs",
"description": "The fate of the open web is inextricable from the other ways our world is in crisis. What can we do about it?",
"textContent": "",
"bskyPostRef": "https://bsky.app/profile/chronotope.aramzs.xyz/post/3kulbtuuixs27",
"tags": ["IndieWeb", "Tech", "The Long Next"],
"updatedAt":"2024-06-08T10:30:00.000Z"
}Getting there!