NAME
MT::Import::Base - base class for importing "stuff" into Movable Type.
SYNOPSIS
package MT::Import::Fubar;
use base qw (MT::Import::Fubar);
DESCRIPTION
Base class for importing "stuff" into Movable Type.
PACKAGE METHODS
__PACKAGE__->new($cfg)
Options are passed to MT::Import::Base using a Config::Simple object or
a valid Config::Simple config file. Options are grouped by "block".
importer
* verbose
Boolean.
Enable verbose logging for both this package and *MT::Import::Mbox*
* force
Boolean.
Force an entry to be reindexed, including any trackback pings and
attachments.
Default is *false*
mt
* root
String. *required*
The path to your Movable Type installation.
* blog_id
Int. *required*
The numberic ID of the Movable Type weblog you are posting to.
* blog_ownerid
Int. *required*
The numberic ID of a Movable Type author with permissions to add new
authors to the Movable Type weblog you are posting to.
* author_pass
String.
The password to assign to any new authors you add to the Movable
Type weblog you are posting to.
Default is "*none*".
* author_perms
Int.
The permissions set to grant any new authors you add to the Movable
Type weblog you are posting to.
Default is *514*, or the ability to add new categories.
OBJECT METHODS
$obj->verbose($bool)
Returns true or false, indicating whether or not *debug* events would be
logged.
$obj->log()
Returns a *Log::Dispatch* object.
$obj->imported($id)
If *$id* is defined, stores the ID in the object's internal cache of
entry's that have been imported.
Otherwise, the method returns a list or array reference of imported
entries depending on whether or not the method was called in a
*wantarray* context.
$obj->rebuild()
Rebuild all of the entries returned by the object's *imported* method.
Indexes are rebuilt afterwards.
Returns true or false.
$obj->rebuild_indexes()
Rebuild all of the indexes for the blog defined mt.blog_id.
Returns true or false.
$obj->rebuild_entry($id)
Rebuild an individual entry. If the entry has neighbouring entries, they
will be added to the object's internal "imported" list.
Returns true or false.
$obj->mk_category($label,$parent_id,$author_id)
If it does not already exist for the blog defined by mt.blog_id creates
a new Movable Type category for *$label*.
*$parent_id* is the numeric ID for another MT category and is not
required.
Returns a *MT::Category* object on success or undef if there was an
error.
$obj->mk_author($name,$email)
If it does not already exist for the blog defined by mt.blog_id creates
a new Movable Type author for *$name*.
Leading and trailing space will be trimmed from *$name*.
Returns a *MT::Author* object on success or undef if there was an error.
$obj->place_category(MT::Entry, MT::Category, $is_primary)
If it does not already exist for the combined entry object and category
object creates a new Movable Type placement entry for the pair.
Returns a *MT::Placement* object on success or undef if there was an
error.
$obg->mk_date($date_str)
Returns a MT specific datetime string. =cut
sub mk_date { my $self = shift; my $str = shift; my $time =
str2time($str); my $dt = time2str("%Y-%m-%d%H:%M:%S",$time); $dt =~
s/(?:-|:)//g; return $dt; }
$obj->upload_file(\*$fh, $path)
Wrapper method for storing an file outside of Movable Type using the
blog engine's file manager.
Returns true or false.
$obj->blog_id()
Wrapper method for calling $obj->{cfg}->param("mt.blog_id")
$obj->ping_for_reply(MT::Entry, $reply_basename, $from)
Wrapper method pinging another entry.
The entry object is the post doing the pinging. *$reply_basename* is the
post that is being pinged. *$from* is a label indicating where the ping
is coming from.
The entry being pinged is fetched by where the entry's basename matches
I$<basename> and it's blog_id matches mt.blog_id.
Returns true or false.
VERSION
1.01
DATE
$Date: 2005/12/03 18:46:21 $
AUTHOR
Aaron Straup Cope <
[email protected]>
BUGS
Please report all bugs via :
http://rt.cpan.org
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2005 Aaron Straup Cope. All Rights Reserved.
This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
