Script to import Wordpress content into Tumblr

tumblr-import.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/http'
require 'nokogiri'

TUMBLR_USER = '[email protected]'
TUMBLR_PASS = 'yourpassword'

url = URI.parse('http://www.tumblr.com/api/write')

# Read the WP export file
counter = 0
doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("wordpress.xml"))
doc.xpath('//item').each do |item|
  status = item.at_xpath('wp:status').text
  title = item.at_xpath('title').text
  if %w(publish draft).include?(status)
    puts "publishing item #{title}..."
    counter += 1

    res = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, {
      'email' => TUMBLR_USER,
      'password' => TUMBLR_PASS,
      'type' => 'regular',
      'format' => 'markdown',
      'title' => title,
      'date' => item.at_xpath('wp:post_date').text,
      'slug' => item.at_xpath('wp:post_name').text,
      'body' => item.at_xpath('content:encoded').text.gsub(/<!--more-->/, ''),
      'tags' => item.xpath('category[@nicename]').map(&:text).join(','),
      'state' => (status == 'publish') ? 'published' : 'draft'
    })

    puts res.body
    sleep(1)
    if counter % 5 == 0
      # sleep for a longer amount of time every 5 items 
      sleep(30)
    end
  else
    puts "Ignoring item #{title}"
  end
end