chore: add new requirement, document how to login

Bash as requirement due to how env vars are done
login tested and works

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # blog-to-cohost
+
 bot using [cohost.py](https://github.com/valknight/Cohost.py) and feedparser to automate posting blog posts to cohost
 
 ## System requirements
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ bot using [cohost.py](https://github.com/valknight/Cohost.py) and feedparser to
 - Linux (Windows may work but is not tested)
 - Python
 - Pip
+- Bash
 - Docker (optional)
 
 ## Quicktstart
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ bot using [cohost.py](https://github.com/valknight/Cohost.py) and feedparser to
 
 <!-- steps here -->
 - `docker build -t blog-to-cohost .`
+
 ## Contributing
 
 <!-- TODO Add contributing guidelines -->
@@ -38,4 +41,4 @@ blog-to-cohost is licensed under the MIT License. The full license text is inclu
 
 This repo is built off [cohost.py](https://github.com/valknight/Cohost.py), a library for [cohost.org](https://cohost.org/)
 
-No part of this code is approved by [cohost](https://cohost.org/), this uses an **unofficial** API. 
+No part of this code is approved by [cohost](https://cohost.org/), this uses an **unofficial** API.

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 cohost
-feedparser
+feedparser

scripts/main.py

@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
+# import cohost library
 from cohost.models.user import User
 from cohost.models.block import AttachmentBlock, MarkdownBlock
 
-cookie = 'yourCookie'
+# import os for environment variable management
+import os
+
+# set cookie in with below line bwlow, you will have to run again when you reload your shell. to get around this run the line below that and then reload your shell
+# export COOKIE="YOUR-TOKEN-HERE"
+# echo 'export COOKIE="YOUR-TOKEN-HERE"' >> ~/.bashrc
+# see https://github.com/valknight/Cohost.py#tokens for how to get your token
+
+
+# import the cookie
+cookie = os.environ.get("COOKIE")
+
+# uncomment for testing purposes
+# print(cookie)
+
+#login
 user = User.loginWithCookie(cookie)
+
 for project in user.editedProjects:
     print(project) # Print all pages you have edit permissions for
-project = user.getProject('vallerie') # will retrieve the page I have edit writes for with handle @vallerie
-blocks = [
-    AttachmentBlock('pybug.png'), # References image file pybug.png
-    MarkdownBlock('**Hello from Python!**') # Example of markdown / text block
-]
-newPost = project.post('Title of python post!', blocks, tags=['cohost.py', 'python'])
-print('Check out your post at {}'.format(newPost.url))
+# project = user.getProject('username') # will retrieve the page I have edit writes for with handle @vallerie
+# blocks = [
+#     AttachmentBlock('pybug.png'), # References image file pybug.png
+#     MarkdownBlock('**Hello from Python!**') # Example of markdown / text block
+# ]
+# newPost = project.post('Title of python post!', blocks, tags=['cohost.py', 'python'])
+# print('Check out your post at {}'.format(newPost.url))