Bulk upload directory tree photo galleries to wordpress via RSS

wp_bulk_upload_photo_directories_via_rss.py

# a jinja2 xml template compatible with Wordpress RSS
# import. Based on Flickr GeoRSS format.
# wp rss import v 0.2 did not like couple of other
# variations on this.
# takes dictionary like {"directory/subdir":[list, of, filenames],
#                      "dir2/subdir":[other, file, names]}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title>Example Photo Galleries</title>
        <link>http://example.org</link>
        <description>Example Photo Collection</description>
        <lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:26:16 GMT</lastBuildDate>
        <generator>jinja2</generator>
        {% for entry in entries %}
        <item>
            <title>{{ entry }}</title>
            <description>
                {% for item in entries[entry]['image_links'] %}
                <p><img src="{{ item }}" alt="{{ item }}" /> </p>
                {% endfor %}
            </description>
        </item>
        {% endfor %}
    </channel>
</rss>

# entries are the output of python os.walk('/the/directory')
# serialized as json. Pipe output to file and upload via 
# wordpress web interface (tools -> import -> RSS)

import json
import jinja2

jinja_template = jinja2.Template(open('above_string_as_template.jinja.xml').read())

f = json.load(open('above_dirs_as.json'))

base_url = "http://example.org/wp-content/uploads/Galleries/"

entries={}

for i in f[1:]:
    if i:
        entries[i[0].split('/')[1]] = {"image_links":[base_url+ll[2:] for ll in i]}

print jinja_template.render(entries=entries)

# Assumptions: The gallery directory has been recursively copied 
# to some location like that of `base_url` (suggest `upload` dir for
# simplicity).

#Thumbnail template:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title>Nob Hill Association Photo Galleries</title>
        <link>http://nobhillassociation.org</link>
        <description>Nob Hill Photo Collection</description>
        <lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:26:16 GMT</lastBuildDate>
        <generator>jinja2</generator>
        {% for entry in entries %}
        <item>
            <title>{{ entry }}</title>
            <description>
                {% for item in entries[entry]['image_links'] %}

                <a href='{{ item }}'><img height="100" width="150" src="{{ item }}" alt="{{ item }}" /> </a>
                {% endfor %}
            </description>
        </item>
        {% endfor %}
    </channel>
</rss>