wppost.py

from wordpress_xmlrpc import Client, WordPressPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.posts import NewPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods import posts
import os.path
import sys

def read_config(filepath):
    with open(filepath) as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    return lines[0:3]

def read_textfile(filepath):
    with open(filepath) as f:
        line = f.readline()
        title = line
        description = ""
        while line:
            line = f.readline()
            description += line
    return title, description

if __name__=="__main__":
    homepath = os.environ["HOME"]
    if os.path.exists("%s/.wppostrc" % homepath):
        pass
    else:
        sys.stderr.write("Config file(%s/.wppostrc) is not existing.\n" % homepath)
        exit()
    url, user, password = read_config("%s/.wppostrc" % homepath)
    
    if (len(sys.argv) != 2) and (len(sys.argv) != 3):
        sys.stderr.write("Usage: %s <TextFile>" % sys.argv[1])
        exit()

    wp = Client(url,user,password)
    post = WordPressPost()
    post.title, post.content = read_textfile(sys.argv[1])
    id = wp.call(NewPost(post))
    if sys.argv[2] == "-o":
        post.post_status = 'publish'
        wp.call(posts.EditPost(id, post))