Convert WordPress dump into Hugo content yml files

convert.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import xmltodict
import time
import hashlib

total_count = 0
m = hashlib.md5()

with open('wp.xml', 'rt', encoding="utf-8") as fd:
    cfg = xmltodict.parse(fd.read())

for item in cfg['rss']['channel']['item']:

    try:
        for comment in item['wp:comment']:
            if comment['wp:comment_approved'] == "1":
                total_count += 1
                try:
                    date_time = comment['wp:comment_date_gmt']
                    pattern = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
                    epoch = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(date_time, pattern)))
                    file = "comment-" + str(epoch) + ".yml"
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    title =  item['title']
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    id =  comment['wp:comment_id']
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    name =  comment['wp:comment_author']
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    reply_to = ""
                    if comment['wp:comment_parent'] != '0':
                        reply_to = comment['wp:comment_parent']
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass

                try:
                    temp_email = comment['wp:comment_author_email']
                    temp_email = temp_email.strip()
                    temp_email = temp_email.lower()
                    temp_email = temp_email.encode('utf-8')
                    m.update(temp_email)

                    email = m.hexdigest()
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    body = comment['wp:comment_content'].replace('\n', '\n    ')
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
                try:
                    date = comment['wp:comment_date_gmt']
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass

                content = """---
_id: %s
post_title: %s
name: %s
reply_to: %s
email: %s
date: %s
body: |
    %s
                """ % (id, title, name, reply_to, email, date, body)
                print("creating " + file)
                with open ('tmp/'+file, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f: f.write (content)

    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        pass

print("Total Count: " + str(total_count))