Minipostiz Devto Setup

minipostiz-cli — Dev.to Setup

Dev.to has a simple REST API. One API key is all you need.

What you need

Step 1 — Generate an API Key

1. Go to https://dev.to → sign in
2. Click your avatar → Settings
3. Extensions → DEV Community API Keys
4. Enter a description (e.g. minipostiz) → Generate API Key
5. Copy the key — it's shown once (but you can generate multiple)

Step 2 — Store in minipostiz-cli

minipostiz auth --platform devto --apiKey "YOUR_API_KEY"

# With optional defaults
minipostiz auth --platform devto \
  --apiKey "YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --tags "webdev,productivity,tools" \
  --series "My Series Name"

# Or via supercli
sc minipostiz auth set-devto --apiKey "YOUR_API_KEY"

Step 3 — Test

minipostiz auth verify --platform devto
minipostiz publish --platform devto --message "# My First Post

This is the body of the article published via minipostiz-cli."

Post format

Dev.to posts are articles. minipostiz-cli maps:

• First line of --message → article title (markdown heading stripped)
• Remaining lines → article body (markdown supported)

minipostiz publish --platform devto --message "# Article Title

## Introduction

Body content here. Supports **bold**, *italic*, \`code\`, etc."

Optional: tags and series

Tags and series can be set at auth time (applied to all posts) or overridden:

# Update auth to set default tags
minipostiz auth --platform devto --apiKey "KEY" --tags "javascript,node,cli"

Troubleshooting

Token lifetime

Dev.to API keys do not expire unless deleted from Settings → Extensions.