diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+cookies.txt
diff --git a/tesoft.bash b/tesoft.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cookie_path=./cookies.txt
+
+print_help() {
+  echo "tesoft.dev helper script"
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $0 <action>"
+  echo ""
+  echo "login into the webpage with a password:"
+  echo "> $0 login"
+  echo ""
+  echo "logout from the webpage:"
+  echo "> $0 logout"
+  echo ""
+  echo "create a new blog article:"
+  echo "> $0 upload ./article.tar"
+  echo ""
+  echo "update an existing blog article:"
+  echo "> $0 patch 123 ./article.tar"
+  echo ""
+  echo "publish an existing blog article:"
+  echo "> $0 publish 123"
+  echo ""
+  echo "unpublish an existing blog article:"
+  echo "> $0 unpublish 123"
+  echo ""
+  echo "delete an existing blog article:"
+  echo "> $0 drop 123"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+login() {
+  echo -n "password: "
+  read -s password
+  echo ""
+  out=$(curl -v -f -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{\"password\":\"$password\"}" "$URL/api/login" -c "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+logout() {
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X POST "$URL/api/logout" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  rm -f "$cookie_path"
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+upload() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article file is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if ! [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article file not found" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X PUT -F "file=@$1" "$URL/api/blog" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok, id = $(echo "$out" | tail -1 | grep -oP '[0-9]+')"
+}
+
+patch() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article id is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+    echo "error: article file is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if ! [ -f "$2" ]; then
+    echo "error: article file not found" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X PATCH -F "file=@$2" "$URL/api/blog/$1" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+publish() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article id is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X POST "$URL/api/blog/$1/publish" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+unpublish() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article id is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X POST "$URL/api/blog/$1/unpublish" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+drop() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "error: article id is not passed" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  out=$(curl -v -f -X DELETE "$URL/api/blog/$1" -b "$cookie_path" 2>&1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$out" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "ok"
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
+  print_help
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$URL" ]; then
+  URL="https://tesoft.dev"
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+  login)
+    login
+    ;;
+  logout)
+    logout
+    ;;
+  upload)
+    upload "$2"
+    ;;
+  patch)
+    patch "$2" "$3"
+    ;;
+  publish)
+    publish "$2"
+    ;;
+  unpublish)
+    unpublish "$2"
+    ;;
+  drop)
+    drop "$2"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "error: unknown action" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+