wpxpost

cross-posting script for RSS to a wordpress installation

1. grab articles from an RSS feed
2. grab content and featured image from full articles using selectors
3. try and match author to original author ('dc:creator') to author on new wordpress site (great if you are cross-posting between two sites with the same authors)
4. create new article on destination wordpress site with:
   1. same author (if possible) or specified author id
   2. same publish date
   3. stripped down excerpt of original post body
   4. link to original content
   5. specified categories and tags

usage

wpxpost.go({
    endpoint: <destination wordpress wp-json endpoint url>,
    username: <destination wordpress username>,
    password: <destination wordpress password>,
    webhookURL: <slack webhook url (optional)>,
    sourceURL: <source RSS feed url>,
    lastRunFile: <filename to store last run>,
    featuredImageSelector: <css selector to find primary img>,
    postBodySelector: <css selector for primary content>,
    excerptWordCount: <# of words to use in the excerpt>,
    /** wordpress options **/
    postStatus: "draft", // draft, private, publish
    tags: [214], // array of wp tag ids
    categories: [1], // array of wp category ids
    authorID: 38 // wp author id
})

customization

if we like, we can override some methods, but we'll have to bring in some modules

const axios = require('axios')
const {JSDOM} = require('jsdom')
const {stripExtras} = require('./lib/utils.js')

then we can change how we get the post details

wpxpost.getArticle = async (url) => {
    return await axios.get(url).then((response) => {
        const dom = new JSDOM(response.data)
        const title = dom.window.document.querySelector('title').textContent
        const heroImage = dom.window.document.querySelector(wpxpost.opts.featuredImageSelector).src
        const body = stripExtras(dom.window.document.querySelector(wpxpost.opts.postBodySelector).innerHTML)
        const trimmedBody = body.split(' ').slice(0, wpxpost.opts.excerptWordCount).join(' ').replace(/,$/, '') + '...'
        return {
            title,
            heroImage,
            body: trimmedBody,
        }
    })
}

...or change how we build the post content

wpxpost.createBody = async (info) => {
    const body =
        `<div class="excerpt">${info['body']}</div><br>` +
        `<div class="bottomdesc">${info['description']}</div></div>` +
        `<style>.bottomdesc a { font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;}</style>`
    return body
}