Blogspot Extractor

A tool to extract and display blog posts from Blogspot blogs, with HTML/Markdown conversion and a clean Tailwind CSS interface.

Features

• Extracts all posts from a Blogspot blog using RSS feed
• Converts HTML content to clean Markdown format
• Preserves formatting, images, links, and metadata
• Provides a beautiful web interface using Tailwind CSS
• Handles pagination and rate limiting
• Includes logging and error handling

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Required Python packages (see requirements.txt):
  • requests
  • feedparser
  • beautifulsoup4
  • tqdm
  • html2text

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/chrislarsc/blogspot-extractor.git
cd blogspot-extractor

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Extract blog posts:

python3 blogspot_extractor.py example.blogspot.com

This will create a blogspot_posts.md file with all the extracted posts.

2. View the blog archive:

• Start a local web server:

python3 -m http.server 8000

• Open http://localhost:8000 in your web browser

Output Format

The extracted posts are saved in Markdown format with the following structure:

# Post Title

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**URL:** [Original Post URL](https://example.blogspot.com/post-url)

Post content with preserved formatting, images, and links...

Web Interface

The included index.html file provides a clean, responsive interface for viewing the extracted posts:

• Responsive layout using Tailwind CSS
• Beautiful typography with Merriweather font
• Proper handling of images, links, and text formatting
• Clean white cards for each post
• Automatic conversion of Markdown to HTML

License

MIT License