https://github.com/Aveek-Saha/blog-box

📝 Update a gist to show your latest dev.to post.
https://github.com/Aveek-Saha/blog-box

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📝 Update a gist to show your latest dev.to post.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Aveek-Saha/blog-box
• Owner: Aveek-Saha
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-10-10T04:30:55.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-03T10:10:32.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-25T06:43:27.945Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: blog, dev-to, gist, gistbox, pinned-gist
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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> 📌✨ For more pinned-gist projects like this one, check out: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists

## Setup

### Prep work

1. Create a new public GitHub Gist (https://gist.github.com/)

1. Create an access token with the `gist` scope and copy it. (https://github.com/settings/tokens/new)

1. Get your `Dev.to` user name (https://dev.to/settings)

### Project setup

1. Fork this repo

1. Go to the repo **Settings > Secrets**

1. Add the following environment variables:

   - **GH_TOKEN:** The GitHub access token generated above.

   - **GIST_ID:** The ID portion from your gist url: `https://gist.github.com/Aveek-Saha/`**`8335e85451541072dd25fda601129f7d`**.

   - **DEV_USERNAME:** Your `Dev.to` account username.

## Credits

This code was inspired by [@matchai's bird-box](https://github.com/matchai/bird-box).