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 <ascope@cpan.org>

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.