Squarespace.com to Ghost export/import

README.MD

Visit https://www.simonfacciol.com/squarespace-to-ghost/ for a guide on how to use this script.

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index.js

import GhostAdminAPI from '@tryghost/admin-api';
import fs from 'fs';
import xml2js from 'xml2js';

const api = new GhostAdminAPI({
    url: 'YOUR_GHOST_INTEGRATION_API_URL',
    key: 'YOUR_GHOST_INTEGRATION_ADMIN_KEY',
    version: 'v3'
});

const createMobiledoc = () => {
    const template = {
        version: '0.3.1',
        atoms: [],
        cards: [],
        markups: [],
        sections: []
    };
    return { ...template };
};

const parser = new xml2js.Parser();
fs.readFile(__dirname + '/squarespace.xml', function(err, data) {
    parser.parseString(data, async (err, result) => {
        const items = result.rss.channel[0].item;

        const posts = items.filter(i => i['wp:post_type'].includes('post'));
        for (let index = 0; index < posts.length; index++) {
            const p = posts[index];
            const tags = p.category ? p.category.map(c => c['$'].nicename) : [];
            const post = {
                title: p.title[0],
                tags,
                status: 'published',
                published_at: p.pubDate ? `${new Date(p.pubDate).toISOString()}` : ''
            };
            const mobiledoc = createMobiledoc();
            mobiledoc.cards = [['markdown', { cardName: 'markdown', markdown: p['content:encoded'][0] }]];
            mobiledoc.sections = [[10, 0]];
            post.mobiledoc = JSON.stringify(mobiledoc);
            await api.posts
                .add(post)
                .then(res => console.log)
                .catch(err => console.error(err));
        }
    });
});

package.json

{
    "name": "squarespace2ghost",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "main": "index.js",
    "license": "MIT",
    "scripts": {
        "create": "node -r esm index.js"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "@tryghost/admin-api": "^1.0.2",
        "@tryghost/html-to-mobiledoc": "^0.6.3",
        "esm": "^3.2.25",
        "request": "^2.88.0",
        "xml2js": "^0.4.23"
    }
}