Only update metadata when deploying

content.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
@@ -91,9 +92,13 @@ var (
 		),
 	)
 	commit         string
+	updateMetadata bool
 )
 
 func main() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&updateMetadata, "M", false, "Update metadata from Stacker News API")
+	flag.Parse()
+
 	output, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD").Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("error getting commit: %v\n", err)
@@ -192,13 +197,16 @@ func parsePost(path string) (*Post, error) {
 	// stacker news
 	snId, _ := frontmatter["sn_id"].(int)
 	var comments, sats int
-	if snId > 0 {
+	if updateMetadata && snId > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("> updating metadata for %s\n", path)
+		fmt.Printf(">> fetching item %d from Stacker News\n", snId)
 		item, err := sn.NewClient().Item(snId)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get sn item %d: %v", snId, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(">> failed to fetch item %d: %v", snId, err)
 		}
 		comments = item.NComments
 		sats = item.Sats
+		fmt.Printf(">> new metadata: %d comments, %d sats\n", comments, sats)
 	}
 
 	// url

deploy

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ log () {
 
 log rm -r public/
 log cp -r static/ public/
-log go run content.go
+log go run content.go -M
 log tailwindcss -i input.css -o public/css/tailwind.css
 
 log s3cmd sync $S3CMD_OPTS --dry-run public/ s3://www.ekzy.is