Py: wordpress xml test

wp-xml.py

import markdown
from wordpress_xmlrpc import Client, WordPressPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.posts import GetPosts, NewPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods import taxonomies
import gntp.notifier
import os
import sys
#Connection details for the WordPress xmlrpc connection
wpUrl = 'http://http://192.168.50.100:8051/xmlrpc.php'
wpUser = 'admin'
wpPass = '12'
# Hold the server instance. Needed to make the post and add properties
wpServer = Client(wpUrl, wpUser, wpPass)
# The default category
postCategoryList = ['uncategorized']
title = ''
postLink = ''
uploadCategoryList = []
## For Hazel
filePath = sys.argv[1]
growlMSG = ""
## This is the business end. It makes the post to the site.
def postToWordPress(title, html, postCategoryList, postLink):
    post = WordPressPost()
    post.title = title
    post.content = html
    #If there is a post cagtegory, then append it as a term
    if postCategoryList != '':
        post.terms_names = {
            'category' : postCategoryList
        }
    #Prepare custom field for Link List type post
    if postLink != '':
        # Just seems safer to start with an empty cutom_field list
        post.custom_fields = []
        post.custom_fields.append({
            'key' : 'linked_list_url',
            'value' : postLink
        })
    # The new API requires the post_status and comment_status to be set.
    # Otherwise the post is added as a draft with comments disabled.
    post.post_status = 'publish'
    post.comment_status = 'open'
    post_id = wpServer.call(NewPost(post))
    return post_id
# Instantiate my own Growl notification. This is totally unnecessary but nice to have
def growlInitialize():
    growl = gntp.notifier.GrowlNotifier(
    applicationName = "Simple DropBlog",
    notifications = ["New Messages"],
    defaultNotifications = ["New Messages"])
    growl.register()
    return growl
# The body of the script starts here. Hazel passes in the file path.
# Read the file and and get the filename to use as a title.
# Then get the file contentents.
try:
    myFile = open(filePath, "r")
    rawText = myFile.read()
    myFile.close()
    fileName = os.path.basename(filePath)
    # Start off using the file name as the post title
    title = os.path.splitext(fileName)[0]
    # Handle the odd characters. Just kill them.
    rawText = rawText.decode('utf-8')
    # Process with MD Extras and meta data support
    md = markdown.Markdown(extensions = ['extra', 'meta'])
    # Get the html text
    html = md.convert(rawText)
## If post_id exists then already posted. We're done.
## FUTURE: USE POST ID TO UPDATE EDITED POST
    if 'post_id' not in md.Meta:
        # extract the title from the meta data if it exists.
        # If there is no title attribute, keep the file name as the post title
        if 'title' in md.Meta:
            title = md.Meta['title']
            # title is actualy a list
            title = title[0]
## extract the categories but keep them as a list
        # If no categories exist then the default is uncategorized.
        if 'category' in md.Meta:
            postCategoryList = md.Meta['category']
        # Extracts the url to use as the linked-list url
        if 'url' in md.Meta:
            postLink = md.Meta['url']
            postLink = postLink[0]
            # Modify the title to indicate that it is a linked article.
            title = title + " [Link]"
## Only post if there is a title. If there's no title, then what are you even doing?
        if title != '':
            newPost_id = postToWordPress(title, html, postCategoryList, postLink)
## Append the post_id to the beginning of the file
            #Get the file contents
            myFile = open(filePath, "r")
            myFileContent = myFile.read()
            myFile.close()
            # Write the post id and append the rest of the text
            myFile = open(filePath, "w")
            myFile.write('post_id: ' + newPost_id + '\n' + myFileContent)
            myFile.close()
            postGrowl = growlInitialize()
            postMSG = newPost_id + ": " + title + " Posted to Macdrifter"
            growlMSG = growlMSG + "\n"+ postMSG
            postGrowl.notify(
                noteType = "New Messages",
                title = growlMSG,
                description = "The Blog Post was successful",
                icon = None,
                sticky = False,
                priority = 1)
except Exception, e:
    postGrowl = growlInitialize()
    postMSG = "Post Failed!"
    postGrowl.notify(
        noteType = "New Messages",
        title = postMSG,
        description = e,
        icon = None,
        sticky = False,
        priority = 2)