Python post parser to take Tumblr XML and schedule it with Hootsuite

.gitignore

+*.pyc

posts.py

+import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import re
+
+def strip_html(text):
+    return re.sub("<.*?>", "", text)
+
+def strip_commas(text):
+    return re.sub(",", "", text)
+
+def remove_non_ascii(text):
+    return ''.join([i if ord(i) < 128 else ' ' for i in text])
+
+def process_post(post):
+    urlstring = ""
+    urlwidth = 0
+    for url in post.findall('photo-url'):
+      try:
+          if int(url.get('max-width')) > urlwidth:
+              urlwidth = int(url.get('max-width'))
+              urlstring = url.text
+      except Exception:
+          pass
+
+    caption = ""
+    for c in post.findall('photo-caption'):
+       caption = c.text
+       break
+    return urlstring, remove_non_ascii(strip_commas(strip_html(caption)))
+
+tree = ET.parse('/tmp/posts.xml')
+root = tree.getroot()
+
+d = datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 21, 17, 0)
+t = timedelta(0,30*60,0)
+for post in root.findall('post'):
+    post_time =  d.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M")
+    post_url, post_text = process_post(post)
+    d = d + t
+
+    print "%s,%s,%s" % (post_time, post_text, post_url)