Add possibility to generate extra dates

seminar/generate_mondays.py

@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ def find_next_monday(date: datetime.date):
     return on_day(date, 0)
 
 
+def generate_event_file(date: datetime.date, speaker: str, counter: int):
+    next_monday: datetime.date = find_next_monday(date)
+    file_name = str(next_monday) + "-talk" + str(counter) + ".md"
+    output_file: Path = output_dir / file_name
+    output_file.write_text(template.substitute(speaker=speaker))
+    print("Created " + str(output_file))
+
+
 ############
 # Input data
 ############
 start_date: datetime.date = datetime.date(2023, 11, 14)
-output_dir: Path = Path("./seminar/2324/_posts")
+output_dir: Path = Path("./seminar/test/_posts")
 speakers: list[str] = [
     "Gerson Sunyé",
     "Massimo Tisi",
@@ -41,28 +49,30 @@ def find_next_monday(date: datetime.date):
     "James Miranda",
 ]
 random.shuffle(speakers)
+extra_dates: int = 5
 
 ############
 # Preparations
 ############
 output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 example_file: Path = Path("./seminar/talk_template.md")
 if not example_file.exists():
-    raise "Missing example file at location " + str(example_file)
+    raise Exception("Missing example file at location " + str(example_file))
 
 template: Template = Template(example_file.read_text())
 
 ############
 # Loop
 ############
-current_date = start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+current_date = find_next_monday(start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1))
 counter: int = 1
 
 for speaker in speakers:
-    next_monday: datetime.date = find_next_monday(current_date)
-    file_name = str(next_monday) + "-talk" + str(counter) + ".md"
+    generate_event_file(current_date, speaker, counter)
     counter = counter + 1
-    output_file: Path = output_dir / file_name
-    output_file.write_text(template.substitute(speaker=speaker))
-    print("Created " + str(output_file))
-    current_date = next_monday + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    current_date = find_next_monday(current_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1))
+
+for extra in range(0, extra_dates):
+    generate_event_file(current_date, "TBA", counter)
+    counter = counter + 1
+    current_date = find_next_monday(current_date + datetime.timedelta(days=1))