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Created December 13, 2012 21:33
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Script to read Wordpress export file, fetch images via URL, and write locally.
import sys
import os
import urllib
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
#TODO: pass in xml path and output folder as args
xml = open('C:\\Workspace\\blog\\geomusings_export.xml').read()
doc = BeautifulSoup(xml)
#attachments could technically be something other than images
#extract all attachment elements from Wordpress export file
for item in doc.findAll('wp:attachment_url'):
#Contens will be URL
lnk = item.contents[0]
#Get just the file name
fname = os.path.basename(lnk)
print(os.path.basename(lnk))
#TODO: add some logic to handle duplicate file names
#Get file via URL and write locally
f = open('C:\\Workspace\\blog\\images\\' + fname,'wb')
f.write(urllib.urlopen(lnk).read())
f.close()
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