dev.to

dev.to is a community of software developers. It has excellent API support for publishing articles.

Setup

1. Go to dev.to/settings/extensions
2. Scroll to "DEV Community API Keys"
3. Generate a new API key
4. Configure Crier:

crier config set devto.api_key YOUR_API_KEY

API Key Format

api_key

Just the API key string, no special formatting required.

Features

Feature	Supported
Publish	✓
Update	✓
List	✓
Delete	✓ (unpublishes)

Notes

• Tags: Limited to 4 tags per article
• Canonical URL: Fully supported
• Draft mode: Supported via --draft flag
• Delete: Actually unpublishes rather than deletes

Example

# Publish to dev.to
crier publish my-post.md --to devto

# List your articles
crier list devto

# Update an article
crier update devto 12345 --file updated-post.md