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Converts drummer opml file to series of markdown files based upon date
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import pathlib | |
from datetime import datetime | |
from xml.etree import ElementTree | |
def process_date(date): | |
""" | |
Converts opml created date into python datetime object | |
""" | |
datetime_object = datetime.strptime(date, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z') | |
return datetime_object | |
def create_front_matter(date_object): | |
""" | |
Creates the front matter in my notes from a date. | |
Format: | |
--- | |
title: Monday, 6th December, 2021 | |
date: 2021-12-06 00:00 | |
--- | |
""" | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/66364403/2000527 | |
n = date_object.day | |
ordindal = f"{n:d}{'tsnrhtdd'[(n//10%10!=1)*(n%10<4)*n%10::4]}" | |
title = date_object.strftime(f'%A, {ordindal} %B, %Y') | |
date = date_object.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") | |
return ( | |
'---\n' | |
f'title: {title}\n' | |
f'date: {date}\n' | |
'published: false\n' | |
'---\n' | |
) | |
with open('blog.opml', 'rt', encoding='utf-8') as f: | |
tree = ElementTree.parse(f) | |
for node in tree.findall('.//outline'): | |
type = node.attrib.get('type') | |
name = node.attrib.get('name') | |
date = node.attrib.get('created') | |
if name and type != "calendarMonth": | |
datetime_object = datetime.strptime(date, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z') | |
# create file with name YYYY-MM-DD-day.md | |
filename = datetime_object.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%A").lower() + '.md' | |
file = pathlib.Path.cwd() / 'posts' / filename | |
# Add front matter contents | |
file.write_text(create_front_matter(process_date(date))) |
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