node-wxr

XML (WXR) file generator for official WordPress Import Plugin. Add categories and posts in clean readable way, and then serialize it into WordPress Import XML file.

Install

npm install wxr

Usage

var Importer = require('wxr')
var importer = new Importer()

importer.addCategory({
  slug : "perfect-category",
  title: "Perfect Category"
})

importer.addPost({
  title         : "Hello, world!",
  contentEncoded: "<p>Hey, this is my post</p><p>BTW, cats are awesome!</p>",
  excerptEncoded: "Cool preview for my post. Check it out!",
  categories    : [
    {
      slug : "perfect-category",
      title: "Perfect Category"
    }
  ],
  meta: [
    ['key', 'value']
  ]
})

importer.addAttachment({
  id            : 15,
  date          : "2015-10-05 00:27:25",
  title         : "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  author        : "admin",
  description   : "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  excerptEncoded: "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  status        : "inherit",
  parent        : 0,
  attachmentURL : "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Minka.jpg"
})

console.log(importer.stringify());

Outputs:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss xmlns:excerpt="http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/excerpt/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:wp="http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/" version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <wp:wxr_version>1.2</wp:wxr_version>
        <wp:category>
            <wp:term_id>72583</wp:term_id>
            <wp:category_nicename>perfect-category</wp:category_nicename>
            <wp:cat_name>
                <![CDATA[Perfect Category]]>
            </wp:cat_name>
        </wp:category>
        <item>
            <wp:post_id>14455</wp:post_id>
            <title>Hello, world!</title>
            <wp:post_name/>
            <description>Default description for post</description>
            <wp:post_date>Thu Jul 23 2015 13:57:10 GMT+0000 (UTC)</wp:post_date>
            <wp:status>publish</wp:status>
            <wp:post_parent>0</wp:post_parent>
            <wp:post_type>post</wp:post_type>
            <dc:creator>
                <![CDATA[admin]]>
            </dc:creator>
            <content:encoded>
                <![CDATA[<p>Hey, this is my post</p><p>BTW, cats are awesome!</p>]]>
            </content:encoded>
            <excerpt:encoded>
                <![CDATA[Cool preview for my post. Check it out!]]>
            </excerpt:encoded>
            <category domain="category" nicename="perfect-category">
                <![CDATA[Perfect Category]]>
            </category>
            <category domain="category" nicename="bad-category">
                <![CDATA[Bad Category]]>
            </category>
        </item>
        <item>
            <wp:post_id>15</wp:post_id>
            <wp:post_date>Thu Jul 23 2015 13:57:10 GMT+0000 (UTC)</wp:post_date>
            <title>Fig. 1. Cats and puppies</title>
            <dc:creator>
                <![CDATA[admin]]>
            </dc:creator>
            <description>Fig. 1. Cats and puppies</description>
            <excerpt:encoded>
                <![CDATA[Fig. 1. Cats and puppies]]>
            </excerpt:encoded>
            <wp:status>inherit</wp:status>
            <wp:post_parent>0</wp:post_parent>
            <wp:post_type>attachment</wp:post_type>
            <wp:attachment_url>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Minka.jpg</wp:attachment_url>
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

API

new Importer()

Returns a new instance of Importer.

Example

var Importer = require('wxr');
var importer = new Importer();

// importer.addPost(...)

addCategory(options)

Adds new category for Importer object.

• options json:
  • id integer: category ID. If not provided, random ID will be generated. E.g. 5
  • slug string: category slug. Used in URLS, e. g. "js-rocks"
  • title string: category title, ex. "Everything about JS"

Example

importer.addCategory({
  id: 5,
  title: "Everything about JS",
  slug: "js-rocks"
})

addPost(options)

Adds new post for Importer object.

• options json:
  • id integer: post ID. If not provided, random ID will be generated. E.g. 10
  • title string: post title, ex. "Why JS is so awesome"
  • name string: post name (slug). Used in URLS, e. g. "why-js-is-so-awesome"
  • description string: post description, e.g. "Quick tips about JS"
  • date date string: post date, e.g. "2015-10-05 00:27:25"
  • status string: post status, e.g. "publish"
  • author string: post aurhor, username. Will be created during import or assigned to existing user. E.g. "admin"
  • contentEncoded string: post content HTML, e.g. <p>Hey, this is my post\</p><p>BTW, cats are awesome!</p>
  • excerptEncoded string: post excerpt, e.g. "Cool preview for my post. Check it out!"
  • categories array: post catgories array, where each object is JSON object with:
    • slug string: category slug. Used in URLS, e. g. "js-rocks"
    • title string: category title, ex. "Everything about JS"

Example

importer.addPost({
  id            : 10,
  title         : "Why JS is so awesome",
  name          : "why-js-is-so-awesome",
  description   : "Quick tips about JS",
  date          : "2015-10-05 00:27:25",
  status        : "publish",
  author        : "admin",
  contentEncoded: "<p>Hey, this is my post</p><p>BTW, cats are awesome!</p>",
  excerptEncoded: "Cool preview for my post. Check it out!",
  categories    : [
    {
      title: "Everything about JS",
      slug: "js-rocks"
    }
  ]
})

addAttachment(options)

Adds new attachment (image) for Importer instance.

• options json:
  • id integer: attachment ID. If not provided, random ID will be generated. E.g. 15
  • date date string: attachment date, e.g. "2015-10-05 00:27:25"
  • title string: attachment caption, ex. "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies"
  • author string: attachment author (username). Will be created during import or assigned to existing user. E.g. "admin"
  • description string: attachment description, e.g. "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies"
  • excerptEncoded string: attachment excerpt, e.g. "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies"
  • status string: attachment status, e.g. "inherit"
  • parent integer: parent post ID. If not provided, will be 0
  • attachmentURL string: attachment URL, e.g. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Minka.jpg

Example

importer.addAttachment({
  id            : 5,
  dat           : "2015-10-05 00:27:25",
  title         : "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  author        : "admin",
  description   : "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  excerptEncoded: "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  status        : "inherit",
  parent        : 0,
  attachmentURL : "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Minka.jpg"
})

stringify([options])

Generates result XML (WXR) string for importing to WordPress.

Default Options

{
    "pretty": true,
    "indent": "    ",
    "newline": "\n"
}

Example

var importer = new Importer();

// importer.addPost(...)

var xmlString = importer.stringify();

require("fs").writeFile("export.xml", xmlString, function(err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }

  console.log("File was saved! Now it's time to import.")
});

License

Copyright (c) 2015, Ilya Rusanen. (MIT License)

See LICENSE for more info.