Script that transforms the Delicious backup-xml into json for import into the CouchDB application Scrumptious

del2scrumptious.groovy

#!/usr/bin/env groovy

@Grab(group='commons-lang', module='commons-lang', version='2.5')
@Grab(group='net.sf.ezmorph', module='ezmorph', version='1.0.6')
@Grab(group='commons-collections', module='commons-collections', version='3.2.1')
@Grab(group='commons-beanutils', module='commons-beanutils', version='1.8.3')
@Grab('net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:2.3-jdk15')
import net.sf.json.*

def cli = new CliBuilder(usage:'del2scrumptious.groovy')
cli.in(args: 1, argName: 'delicous xml-file', required: true, 'File containing the xml export from Delicious')
cli.out(args: 1, argName: 'output filename', required: true, 'File where the Scrumptious-style JSON will be saved')
def options = cli.parse(args)

if(!options) {
    System.exit(0)
}

def posts = new XmlSlurper().parse(new File(options.in))

def data = posts.post.collect { post ->
    [type: 'bookmark',
     title: post.@description.text(),
     url: post.@href.text(),
     description: post.@extended.text(),
     date: post.@time.text(),
     tags: post.@tag.text().split(" "),
     imported: true]
}

def json = JSONSerializer.toJSON([docs: data])

new File(options.out).withWriter('UTF-8') {
    it << json.toString()
}

Scrumptious is an application for handling bookmarks. It's not unlike the soon to be dead Delicious and is built completely within CouchDB. More about Scrumptious here: http://blog.fupps.com/2010/05/25/truly-scrumptious-bookmarks-in-couchdb/