convert a directory of jekyll posts to wordpress posts

jekyll_to_wp.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os

import markdown
import yaml
from pywordpress import Wordpress
import xmlrpclib


class jekyll_to_wp():
    def __init__(self):
        blogs = self.parse_blogs()
        for blog in blogs:
            # TODO!
            pass

    # parse all blogs in a given directory
    def parse_blogs(self, directory="_posts"):
        return [self.parse_blog(directory, blog_filename) for blog_filename in os.listdir(directory)]

    # parse the specified blog file
    def parse_blog(self, directory, blog_filename):
        # fetch the file into memory
        with open('%s/%s' % (directory, blog_filename)) as blogfile:
            lines = blogfile.readlines()

        # find the bounds of the front matter
        front_matter_bounds = [ind for ind in range(len(lines)) if lines[ind].startswith('---')]
        if len(front_matter_bounds) < 2:
            # sanity check - front matter isn't properly formatted
            return False
        front_matter_raw = ''.join(lines[front_matter_bounds[0]+1:front_matter_bounds[1]])
        markdown_raw = ''.join(lines[front_matter_bounds[1]+1:]).decode('utf8')

        # parse front matter yaml
        front_matter = yaml.load(front_matter_raw)
        front_matter['date'] = blog_filename[:10]

        # parse blog markdown
        m = markdown.Markdown()
        html = m.convert(markdown_raw)

        return {"front_matter": front_matter, "html": html}

jekyll_to_wp()

This looks great. As a tip, based on experience i suggest running this against e.g. staging.okfn.org before running on your target site ;-)

sorry – only just spotted this comment. Good tip, thanks!