ghost2wp.py

"""
Requirements:

* A Wordpress Blog
* Ghost export file (json).
* Python Packages: python-wordpress-xmlrpc

  >>> pip install python-wordpress-xmlrpc

WARNING:

USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
If your have any questions, please comment here below.

"""

from wordpress_xmlrpc import Client, WordPressPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.posts import NewPost

from dateutil.parser import parse
from time import sleep
import json
import datetime

xmlrpc_endpoint = 'http://wocker.dev/xmlrpc.php'
username = 'admin'
password = 'admin'

wp = Client(xmlrpc_endpoint, username, password)

filename = 'ghost.export.json'

with open(filename) as f:
    text = f.read()

data = json.loads(text)

for p in data['db'][0]['data']['posts']:
    print p['title']

    date = p.get('published_at', None)

    post = WordPressPost()
    post.slug = p['slug']
    post.content = p['html']
    post.title = p['title']
    post.post_status = 'publish'

    # draft post 
    if date is None:
        date = p.get('created_at')
        post.post_status = 'draft'

    print date
    post.date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(date / 1e3)

    wp.call(NewPost(post))