Blogger Importer

This importer depends on the following third-party gems:

  • rexml
  • safe_yaml
You may either install the gem(s) individually by running a command with syntax gem install GEM_NAME or install the required gems in a batch by running the following snippet: 
gem install rexml safe_yaml

Invocation

To import your posts from Blogger, you have to first export the blog to an XML file (blog-MM-DD-YYYY.xml).

Sample snippet to invoke the importer: 

jekyll import blogger --source NAME --no-blogger-info --replace-internal-link --comments

Option <PARAM>Description
--source NAME

The XML file (blog-MM-DD-YYYY.xml) path to import
--no-blogger-info

not to leave blogger-URL info (id and old URL) in the front matter.

 Default: false
--replace-internal-link

replace internal links using the post_url liquid tag.

 Default: false
--comments

import comments to _comments collection.

 Default: false
Highlighted row(s) in table above indicate required options.

“Labels” will be included in export as “Tags”.