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+# Rake task to create a photo post.
+# Copyright 2012 Tom Vincent <http://tlvince.com/contact/>
+# Usage: rake FLICKR_API_KEY="xxx" FLICKR_SHARED_SECRET="xxx" \
+#             "flickr[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlvince/6467485431 ...]" \
+#             [ignore="tag1,tag2]
+# vim: ts=2 sw=2 sts=2
+
+require 'fleakr'
+
+Fleakr.api_key       = ENV["FLICKR_API_KEY"]
+Fleakr.shared_secret = ENV["FLICKR_SHARED_SECRET"]
+
+desc "Begin a new photo in #{CONFIG['posts']}"
+task :flickr, :urls do |t, args|
+  abort("rake aborted: '#{CONFIG['posts']}' directory not found.") unless FileTest.directory?(CONFIG['posts'])
+
+  urls = args[:urls].split
+  photos = []
+  urls.each_with_index do |url, index|
+    photos << Fleakr.resource_from_url(url)
+  end
+
+  date = Time.parse(photos[0].taken).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+  slug = photos[0].title.downcase.strip.gsub(' ', '-').gsub(/[^\w-]/, '')
+  filename = File.join(CONFIG['posts'], "#{date}-#{slug}.#{CONFIG['post_ext']}")
+  if File.exist?(filename)
+    abort("rake aborted!") if ask("#{filename} already exists. Do you want to overwrite?", ['y', 'n']) == 'n'
+  end
+
+  tags = []
+  photos.each do |photo|
+      photo.tags.each do |tag|
+      tags << tag.value
+    end
+  end
+
+  if ENV["ignore"]
+    tags -= ENV["ignore"].split(",")
+  end
+
+  open(filename, 'w') do |post|
+    post.puts "---"
+    post.puts "layout: post"
+    post.puts "title: '#{photos[0].title}'"
+    post.puts "description: '#{photos[0].description}'"
+    post.puts "tags: [#{tags.uniq.join(', ')}]"
+    post.puts "---"
+    post.puts "{% include JB/setup %}"
+
+    photos.each do |photo|
+      post.puts "<a href='#{photo.url}'><img alt='#{photo.title}' title='View \"#{photo.title}\" on Flickr' src='#{photo.large.url}'></a>"
+    end
+  end
+end