Import local html to Wordpress Posts [Date in HTML Tag]

html-to-wppost--tag-date.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Requires Wp Cli - run in root of wp core install
##

echo "WP HTML File Importer - REQUIRES WP CLI"

read -p "Press enter to continue"

# CHANGE THIS YOUR DESIRED SRC
SRC="./articles/"
TEMPFILE="content_temp.txt"

# Initial Clear/Touch
> $TEMPFILE

# Months to Convert
MONTHS=("Jan" "Feb" "Mar" "Apr" "May" "Jun" "Jul" "Aug" "Sep" "Oct" "Nov" "Dec")

# Loop Through all files
for HTMLFILES in $SRC/*.html; do

	DATE=$(xmllint --html --xpath '//p[@class="date"]/text()' $HTMLFILES | tr -d '\n')
	# echo $DATE
	FILENAME=$(basename "$HTMLFILES")
	YEAR="${DATE:9:4}"
	CURMONTH="${DATE:0:3}"
	DAY="${DATE:5:2}"
	# Month Swap
	MONTHCOUNT=0
	for MONTH in "${MONTHS[@]}"; do
		MONTHCOUNT=$((MONTHCOUNT + 1))
		if [[ $CURMONTH == $MONTH ]]; then
			# echo $MONTH
			# echo $MONTHCOUNT
			if [[ ${#MONTHCOUNT}<2 ]]; then
				NEWMONTH=0$MONTHCOUNT
			else
				NEWMONTH=$MONTHCOUNT
			fi
		fi
	done

	POSTDATE=$YEAR\-$NEWMONTH\-$DAY
	# echo $POSTDATE

	H3=$(xmllint --html --xpath '//h3/text()' $HTMLFILES | tr -d '\n')

	SYNOPSIS=$(xmllint --html --xpath '//div[@class="synopsis"]' $HTMLFILES | tr -d '\n')

	# echo $H3
	# echo $SYNOPSIS
	echo "########"
	echo $SYNOPSIS > $TEMPFILE

	echo "Creating Post with Title $H3"
	echo $POSTDATE
	wp post create $TEMPFILE --post_title="$H3" --post_status='publish' --post_category='Press Release' --post_date=$POSTDATE
	echo "########"
done

# Final Clear
rm $TEMPFILE

echo "-------------"
echo "    FIN_   "
echo "-------------"

exit