Import from other blog software

Description

pelican-import is a command line tool for converting articles from other software to ReStructuredText. The supported formats are:

• Wordpress XML export
• Dotclear export
• RSS/ATOM feed

The conversion from HTML to ReStructuredText relies on pandoc. For Dotclear, if the source posts are written with Markdown syntax, they will not be converted (as Pelican also supports Markdown).

Usage

pelican-import [-h] [–wpfile] [–dotclear] [–feed] [-o OUTPUT]

[–dir-cat]

input

Optional arguments:

-h, --help	show this help message and exit
--wpfile	Wordpress XML export
--dotclear	Dotclear export
--feed	Feed to parse
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
	Output path
--dir-cat	Put files in directories with categories name

Examples

for Wordpress:

$ pelican-import --wpfile -o ~/output ~/posts.xml

for Dotclear:

$ pelican-import --dotclear -o ~/output ~/backup.txt

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