add converter from YAML format to markdown2 metadata format

blogit/converter.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+# find all files with md
+# for each file
+# read file and find the first empty line
+# everything following it is the body
+# everything before is metadata
+# inside metadata convert tags from list with [] to a simple list
+# remove pipe from summary
+# remove triple dot
+# write the new file to old_file
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
+    for filename in files:
+        if filename.endswith(('md', 'markdown')):
+            fullpath = os.path.join(root, filename).lstrip('./')
+            f = open(fullpath).readlines()
+            found_meta = False
+            for i, l in enumerate(f):
+                if not l.strip():
+                    meta_end, content_begin = i - 1, i + 1
+                    found_meta = True
+                    break
+            if found_meta:
+                newpath = fullpath.split('.')
+                newpath.insert(-1,'-new.')
+                newpath = ''.join(newpath)
+                new = open(''.join(newpath), 'w')
+                new.writelines(['---\n'])
+                new.writelines(f[0:3])
+                new.writelines(f[3].replace('[', '').replace(']',''))
+                new.writelines(f[4:meta_end - 2])
+                new.writelines(['summary: ' + f[meta_end - 1].lstrip()])
+                new.writelines(['---\n'])
+                new.writelines(['\n'])
+                new.writelines(f[content_begin:])
+                new.close()
+                os.rename(fullpath, fullpath.replace('.','-old.'))
+                os.rename(newpath, fullpath)
+                print("Successfuly converted {}".format(fullpath))
+            else:
+                print("Something fishy with {}".format(new.name))