Various conversion scripts from other blogging engines

lib/jekyll/converters/csv.rb

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+module Jekyll
+  module CSV
+    #Reads a csv with title, permalink, body, published_at, and filter.
+    #It creates a post file for each row in the csv
+    def self.process(file = "posts.csv")
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p "_posts"
+      posts = 0
+      FasterCSV.foreach(file) do |row|
+        next if row[0] == "title"
+        posts += 1
+        name = row[3].split(" ")[0]+"-"+row[1]+(row[4] =~ /markdown/ ? ".markdown" : ".textile")
+        File.open("_posts/#{name}", "w") do |f|
+          f.puts <<-HEADER
+---
+layout: post
+title: #{row[0]}
+---
+
+          HEADER
+          f.puts row[2]
+        end
+      end
+      "Created #{posts} posts!"
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/jekyll/converters/mephisto.rb

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'fastercsv'
+require 'fileutils'
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"csv.rb")
+module Jekyll
+  module Mephisto
+    #Accepts a hash with database config variables, exports mephisto posts into a csv
+    #export PGPASSWORD if you must
+    def self.postgres(c)
+      sql = <<-SQL
+      BEGIN;
+      CREATE TEMP TABLE jekyll AS
+        SELECT title, permalink, body, published_at, filter FROM contents
+        WHERE user_id = 1 AND type = 'Article' ORDER BY published_at;
+      COPY jekyll TO STDOUT WITH CSV HEADER;
+      ROLLBACK;
+      SQL
+      command = %Q(psql -h #{c[:host] || "localhost"} -c "#{sql.strip}" #{c[:database]} #{c[:username]} -o #{c[:filename] || "posts.csv"})
+      puts command
+      `#{command}`
+      CSV.process
+    end
+  end
+end