Blogspot to Markdown Exporter

This Python script allows you to export posts from a Blogspot blog to Markdown files. It uses the Blogger API to fetch blog posts and converts them to Markdown format, saving each post as a separate file.

Features

• Fetches all posts from a specified Blogspot blog
• Converts HTML content to Markdown
• Saves each post as a separate Markdown file
• Includes post title and publish date in the filename

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Python 3.6 or higher
• A Google Cloud project with the Blogger API enabled
• A Blogger API key

Installation

• Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/p0n1/blogspot_to_markdown.git
   cd blogspot_to_markdown

• Create a virtual environment and activate it:

python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`

• Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

To use the Blogspot to Markdown Exporter, run the script with the following command-line arguments:

python main.py --blog-url <your-blog-url> --api-key <your-api-key> [--output-dir <output-directory>]


- `--blog-url`: The URL of your Blogspot blog (required)
- `--api-key`: Your Blogger API key (required)
- `--output-dir`: The directory where Markdown files will be saved (optional, default: 'markdown_posts')

Example:

python main.py --blog-url https://example.blogspot.com --api-key YOUR_API_KEY --output-dir my_blog_posts

This command will:

• Fetch all posts from the specified blog
• Convert each post to Markdown format
• Save the Markdown files in the 'myblogposts' directory

Output

The script will create Markdown files for each blog post in the specified output directory. The filename format is:

YYYY-MM-DD_Post_Title.md

Each Markdown file will contain the post title as a heading, followed by the post content in Markdown format.