Automating Stock Uploads: Generated Metadata CSVs, Duplicate Guards, and Product Packaging
A creator lost a morning of uploads after a wrong column order in a Vecteezy CSV caused an entire 40-asset batch to fail validation before review. Stock platforms each require different CSV header layouts, so the creator wrote a script that generates the exact format for each platform rather than typing spreadsheets by hand. To prevent duplicate uploads caused by rerunning batch scripts, they built a standard-library-only ledger tool that skips assets already marked as done. They also created scripts to convert Markdown notes into styled PDFs and to package folders into zips with cover and thumbnail images for sale. Their central lesson is that automation amplifies existing habits, so safeguards should be built into the tools themselves.
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