mintel.me/apps/web/scripts/migrate-posts.ts

import { getPayload } from "payload";
import configPromise from "../payload.config";
import fs from "fs";
import path from "path";

function parseMatter(content: string) {
  const match = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n([\s\S]*)$/);
  if (!match) return { data: {}, content };
  const data: Record<string, any> = {};
  match[1].split("\n").forEach((line) => {
    const [key, ...rest] = line.split(":");
    if (key && rest.length) {
      const field = key.trim();
      let val = rest.join(":").trim();
      if (val.startsWith("[")) {
        // basic array parsing
        data[field] = val
          .slice(1, -1)
          .split(",")
          .map((s) => s.trim().replace(/^["']|["']$/g, ""));
      } else {
        data[field] = val.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, "");
      }
    }
  });
  return { data, content: match[2].trim() };
}

async function run() {
  const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });
  const contentDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "content", "blog");
  const files = fs.readdirSync(contentDir).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mdx"));

  for (const file of files) {
    const filePath = path.join(contentDir, file);
    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
    const { data, content: body } = parseMatter(content);

    const slug = file.replace(/\.mdx$/, "");
    console.log(`Migrating ${slug}...`);

    const existing = await payload.find({
      collection: "posts",
      where: { slug: { equals: slug } },
    });

    if (existing.docs.length === 0) {
      await payload.create({
        collection: "posts",
        data: {
          title: data.title || slug,
          slug,
          description: data.description || "",
          date: data.date
            ? new Date(data.date).toISOString()
            : new Date().toISOString(),
          tags: (data.tags || []).map((t: string) => ({ tag: t })),
          thumbnail: data.thumbnail || "",
          content: body,
        },
      });
      console.log(`✔ Inserted ${slug}`);
    } else {
      console.log(`⚠ Skipped ${slug} (already exists)`);
    }
  }

  console.log("Migration complete.");
  process.exit(0);
}

run().catch(console.error);