a command line utility and library which interfaces to the excellent tumblr blogging platform
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gem install tumblr -v 2.0.0
NAME tumblr SYNOPSIS tumblr (setup|write|read|authenticate|check-vimeo|check-audio) [options]+ DESCRIPTION tumblr.rb is a command line utility and library which interfaces to the excellent tumblr blogging platform @ http://www.tumblr.com tumblr.rb implements the complete restful api in both library and command line utility, doccumented in full @ http://www.tumblr.com/api === install === gem install tumblr === cli === the cli exactly mirrors the library api. arguments are passed to each method as 'key=val' pairs, values may be read from files using the syntax 'key=file=val' or 'key==val' you should first cache your login info to avoid having to pass it everytime cfp: ~> tumblr setup --email=my_email --password=my_password --name=drawohara /Users/ahoward/.tumblr.yml you can post cfp: ~> tumblr write regular title=testing body=rock_on you can post from files cfp: ~> tumblr write regular title=slurp body==./post.html you can read cfp: ~> tumblr read start=42 num=42 you can delete a post cfp: ~> tumblr delete post-id=42 you can test the auth cfp: ~> tumblr authenticate etc. === api === it's pretty simple. here's a start, use the web docs to figure out the rest config = { :email => my_email, :password => my_password, :name => 'drawohara' } tumblr = Tumblr.for config abort unless tumblr.uri == 'http://drawohara.tumblr.com' response = tumblr.write :regular, :title = title, :body => body video = open 'video.mpg' response = tumblr.write :video, :data => video, :title => video.path response = tumblr.read :start => 42, :num => 42 xml = response.content response = tumblr.read :start => 42, :num => 42, :json => true json = response.content PARAMETERS --name=name, -n (0 ~> name) --email=email, -e (0 ~> email) --password=password, -p (0 ~> password) --debug, -d --json, -j --help, -h