Tumblr Importer

Import posts from a text file. One line per post.

Install

1. Register application on Tumblr.

2. Click on Explore API and grant your application to access your Tumblr account to get the Token and the Token Secret.

3. Create parameters.yml file with your keys and tokens vom step 2.

   Template (see parameters-tpl.yml):

    tumblr:
        consumer_key: 
        consumer_secret: 
        token: 
        token_secret: 
        blog: 
   

   Example:

    tumblr:
        consumer_key: ylThIsIsOnlyAFaketADKThIsIsOnlyAFake1j3NlCBjPY3SI
        consumer_secret: 5qThIsIsOnlyAFakeHHoMgThIsIsOnlyAFakeW
        token: mThIsIsOnlyAFakeqmRdTYFDThIsIsOnlyAFakeck
        token_secret: vDlMllCvThIsIsOnlyAFake2rrEThIsIsOnlyAFakeeYijk
        blog: thefox21
   

   blog is the name of your blog the posts will be created.

4. Install Composer Packages.

   Run the following command in your shell:

    composer update
   

5. Create a posts.txt file.

6. Run php import.php in your shell.

posts.txt

Create a posts.txt file in the same directory as import.php. There are (up to now) only queued quote posts possible.

Format

Text
Text # Tag1
Text # Tag1,Tag2
Text - Source
Text - Source # Tag1,Tag2
This is my Hello World example. # HelloWorld,Hello World
This is my Hello World #example. # HelloWorld

Each line is one post.

--no-clear

You can pass --no-clear through the arguments of import.php to leave posts.txt with the original content:

php import.php --no-clear

Otherwise posts.txt will be cleared after import.php is executed.

Tumblr API v2 documentation

http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2

License

Copyright (C) 2013 Christian Mayer http://fox21.at

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.