Import from other blog software¶
Description¶
pelican-import is a command-line tool for converting articles from other software to reStructuredText or Markdown. The supported import formats are:
- WordPress XML export
- Dotclear export
- Posterous API
- Tumblr API
- RSS/Atom feed
The conversion from HTML to reStructuredText or Markdown relies on Pandoc. For Dotclear, if the source posts are written with Markdown syntax, they will not be converted (as Pelican also supports Markdown).
Dependencies¶
pelican-import has some dependencies not required by the rest of Pelican:
- BeautifulSoup4 and lxml, for WordPress and Dotclear import. Can be installed like any other Python package (pip install BeautifulSoup4 lxml).
- Feedparser, for feed import (pip install feedparser).
- Pandoc, see the Pandoc site for installation instructions on your operating system.
Usage¶
pelican-import [-h] [--wpfile] [--dotclear] [--posterous] [--tumblr] [--feed] [-o OUTPUT]
[-m MARKUP] [--dir-cat] [--dir-page] [--strip-raw] [--disable-slugs]
[-e EMAIL] [-p PASSWORD] [-b BLOGNAME]
input|api_token|api_key
Positional arguments¶
input The input file to read api_token [Posterous only] api_token can be obtained from http://posterous.com/api/ api_key [Tumblr only] api_key can be obtained from http://www.tumblr.com/oauth/apps
Optional arguments¶
-h, --help Show this help message and exit --wpfile WordPress XML export (default: False) --dotclear Dotclear export (default: False) --posterous Posterous API (default: False) --tumblr Tumblr API (default: False) --feed Feed to parse (default: False) -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT Output path (default: output) -m MARKUP, --markup MARKUP Output markup format (supports rst & markdown) (default: rst) --dir-cat Put files in directories with categories name (default: False) --dir-page Put files recognised as pages in “pages/” sub- directory (wordpress import only) (default: False) --filter-author Import only post from the specified author. --strip-raw Strip raw HTML code that can’t be converted to markup such as flash embeds or iframes (wordpress import only) (default: False) --disable-slugs Disable storing slugs from imported posts within output. With this disabled, your Pelican URLs may not be consistent with your original posts. (default: False) -e EMAIL, --email=EMAIL Email used to authenticate Posterous API -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD Password used to authenticate Posterous API -b BLOGNAME, --blogname=BLOGNAME Blog name used in Tumblr API
Examples¶
For WordPress:
$ pelican-import --wpfile -o ~/output ~/posts.xml
For Dotclear:
$ pelican-import --dotclear -o ~/output ~/backup.txt
for Posterous:
$ pelican-import --posterous -o ~/output --email=<email_address> --password=<password> <api_token>
For Tumblr:
$ pelican-import --tumblr -o ~/output --blogname=<blogname> <api_token>
Tests¶
To test the module, one can use sample files:
- for WordPress: http://wpcandy.com/made/the-sample-post-collection
- for Dotclear: http://themes.dotaddict.org/files/public/downloads/lorem-backup.txt