script used to import usabilitypost.com posts from wp to toto

up-wp-toto.rb

i = 0
File.read("wp_posts2.csv").split('$$')[1..-1].each do |entry|
  next if entry.gsub(/\n/,'').empty?
  print '.'
  date, body, title, slug = entry.split('||').map {|e| e.sub(/^""/, '').sub(/""$/, '') }
  puts title if title.include? ':'
  slug = title.downcase.gsub('[^a-z0-9]+', '-') if slug.empty?
  date = date.split(/ +/).first
  File.open("articles/#{date}-#{slug}.txt", "w") do |file|
    file.write("title: #{title}\ndate: #{date.gsub('-', '/')}\nslug: #{slug}\n\n#{body}\n")
    i += 1
  end
end

puts
puts "#{i} articles imported"