Medium Importer

This importer depends on the following third-party gems:

  • rss
  • 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 rss safe_yaml

Invocation

Sample snippet to invoke the importer: 

jekyll import medium --username NAME --canonical_link --render_audio

Option <PARAM>Description
--username NAME

Medium username.
--canonical_link

Add original link as canonical_url to post front matter.

 Default: false
--render_audio

Render <audio> element in posts for the enclosure URLs.

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

This importer will also import existing tags / labels from Medium post and include those tags to the generated post’s front matter.