wxr-generator

XML(WXR) file generator for fully support official WordPress Import Plugin. Inspired By node-wxr.

Install

npm install wxr-generator

How To Use

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

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

console.log(importer.stringify());

API

new Importer(options)

Returns a new instance of Importer.

• options:
  • name: site name
  • url: site url
  • description: site description
  • language: site language, default is en-US
  • base_site_url: same as url
  • base_blog_url: same as url

Example

var Importer = require('wxr-generator');
var importer = new Importer({
  name: 'another wordpress blog',
  url: 'http://test.wordpress.com',
  description: 'this is another wordpress blog test',
  language: 'en-US'
});

// importer.addPost(...)

addPost(options)

Adds new post for Importer object.

• options:
  • id: post Id, if not provied, random ID will be generated.
  • url: post permalink url.
  • slug: post slug name if it exists.
  • date: post create time.
  • title: post title.
  • author: post author, it equals author's login name.
  • content: post content
  • summary: post summary
  • comment_status: post comment status, default is open, it can be open or closed.
  • ping_status: post ping status, default is open, it can be open or closed.
  • password: post visit password if it should, default is empty.
  • categories: post categories, it's an array item. Every item should has slug and name prototype.
  • tags: post tags, it's an array item. Every item should has slug and name prototype.
  • image: id of attached image to use as featured image for this post

Example

importer.addPost({
  id: 1,
  title: 'hello world',
  url: 'http://localhost/hello-world.html',
  slug: 'hello-world',
  date: '2017-07-03 10:00:00',
  author: 'admin',
  content: 'Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!',
  summary: 'Welcome',
  comment_status: 'open',
  ping_status: 'closed',
  password: '',
  categories: [{slug: 'life', name: 'Life'}, {slug: 'wp', name: 'wordpress'}],
  tags: [{slug: 'blog', name: 'Blog'}],
  image: 1000
})

addPage(options)

Adds new page for Importer object. All parameters are same as addPost(options).

addCategory(options)

Adds new category for Importer object.

• options:
  • id: category Id. If not provided, random ID will be generated.
  • slug: category slug. Used in URLS, e.g. "js-rocks"
  • name: category title, e.g. "Everything about JS"
  • parent_id: category parent id if it existed.
  • description: category description string, default is empty.

Example

importer.addCategory({
  id: 5,
  parent_id: 3,
  name: "Everything about JS",
  slug: "js-rocks",
  description: "tech about js"
})

addTag(options)

Adds new tag for Importer object.

• options:
  • id: tag Id, if not provied, random ID will be generated.
  • slug: tag slug. Used in URLS, e.g. "js-rocks"
  • name: tag title, e.g. "JS"
  • description: tag description string, default is empty.

Example

importer.addTag({
  id: 5,
  name: "JS",
  slug: "js-rocks",
  description: "tech about js"
})

addUser(options)

Add new user for Importer object.

• options:
  • id: user Id
  • username: user login name
  • email: user email
  • display_name: user nickname
  • first_name: user first name
  • last_name: user last name

addAttachment(options)

Adds new attachment(image) for Importer object.

• options:
  • id: attachment Id. If not provided, random ID will be generated.
  • url: attachment absolute url.
  • date: attachment create time.
  • file: attachment relative path if it exist.
  • title: attachment title.
  • author: attachment uploader.
  • description: attachment description.
  • post_id: post id relate to the attachment.
  • meta_data: other serialized attach meta data.

Exmaples

importer.addAttachment({
  id: 5,
  url: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Minka.jpg",
  date: "2015-10-05 00:27:25",
  file: "/wp-content/upload/2015/10/05/minka.jpg",
  title: "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  author: "admin",
  description: "Fig. 1. Cats and puppies",
  post_id: 3
})

// Example of adding featured image with post
let i = 100 // i should exist as the index of a loop
const image = 'http://example.com/image.jpg'
const imageId = (image) ? randomNum() : '' // use a different number range from i to avoid overlaps

importer.addPost({
  id: i,
  title: 'title'
  slug: 'slug',
  date: '2020-01-01 00:00:00',
  author: 'admin',
  content: 'post content',
  summary: 'excerpt',
  comment_status: 'closed',
  ping_status: 'closed', 
  image: imageId
}) 

if(image){
  importer.addAttatchment({
    id: imageId,
    url: image,
    date: '2020-01-01 00:00:00',
    title: 'title',
    author: 'admin',
    post_id: i
 })
}

addComment(options)

TODO

stringify()

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

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.")
});

Contributing

Contributions welcome!

License

MIT