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NAME
    MT::Import::Base - base class for importing "stuff" into Movable Type.

SYNOPSIS
     package MT::Import::Fubar;
     use base qw (MT::Import::Fubar);

DESCRIPTION
    Base class for importing "stuff" into Movable Type.

PACKAGE METHODS
  __PACKAGE__->new($cfg)
    Options are passed to MT::Import::Base using a Config::Simple object or
    a valid Config::Simple config file. Options are grouped by "block".

  importer
    * verbose
        Boolean.

        Enable verbose logging for both this package and *MT::Import::Mbox*

    * force
        Boolean.

        Force an entry to be reindexed, including any trackback pings and
        attachments.

        Default is *false*

  mt
    * root
        String. *required*

        The path to your Movable Type installation.

    * blog_id
        Int. *required*

        The numberic ID of the Movable Type weblog you are posting to.

    * blog_ownerid
        Int. *required*

        The numberic ID of a Movable Type author with permissions to add new
        authors to the Movable Type weblog you are posting to.

    * author_pass
        String.

        The password to assign to any new authors you add to the Movable
        Type weblog you are posting to.

        Default is "*none*".

    * author_perms
        Int.

        The permissions set to grant any new authors you add to the Movable
        Type weblog you are posting to.

        Default is *514*, or the ability to add new categories.

OBJECT METHODS
  $obj->verbose($bool)
    Returns true or false, indicating whether or not *debug* events would be
    logged.

  $obj->log()
    Returns a *Log::Dispatch* object.

  $obj->imported($id)
    If *$id* is defined, stores the ID in the object's internal cache of
    entry's that have been imported.

    Otherwise, the method returns a list or array reference of imported
    entries depending on whether or not the method was called in a
    *wantarray* context.

  $obj->rebuild()
    Rebuild all of the entries returned by the object's *imported* method.
    Indexes are rebuilt afterwards.

    Returns true or false.

  $obj->rebuild_indexes()
    Rebuild all of the indexes for the blog defined mt.blog_id.

    Returns true or false.

  $obj->rebuild_entry($id)
    Rebuild an individual entry. If the entry has neighbouring entries, they
    will be added to the object's internal "imported" list.

    Returns true or false.

  $obj->mk_category($label,$parent_id,$author_id)
    If it does not already exist for the blog defined by mt.blog_id creates
    a new Movable Type category for *$label*.

    *$parent_id* is the numeric ID for another MT category and is not
    required.

    Returns a *MT::Category* object on success or undef if there was an
    error.

  $obj->mk_author($name,$email)
    If it does not already exist for the blog defined by mt.blog_id creates
    a new Movable Type author for *$name*.

    Leading and trailing space will be trimmed from *$name*.

    Returns a *MT::Author* object on success or undef if there was an error.

  $obj->place_category(MT::Entry, MT::Category, $is_primary)
    If it does not already exist for the combined entry object and category
    object creates a new Movable Type placement entry for the pair.

    Returns a *MT::Placement* object on success or undef if there was an
    error.

  $obg->mk_date($date_str)
    Returns a MT specific datetime string. =cut

    sub mk_date { my $self = shift; my $str = shift; my $time =
    str2time($str); my $dt = time2str("%Y-%m-%d%H:%M:%S",$time); $dt =~
    s/(?:-|:)//g; return $dt; }

  $obj->upload_file(\*$fh, $path)
    Wrapper method for storing an file outside of Movable Type using the
    blog engine's file manager.

    Returns true or false.

  $obj->blog_id()
    Wrapper method for calling $obj->{cfg}->param("mt.blog_id")

  $obj->ping_for_reply(MT::Entry, $reply_basename, $from)
    Wrapper method pinging another entry.

    The entry object is the post doing the pinging. *$reply_basename* is the
    post that is being pinged. *$from* is a label indicating where the ping
    is coming from.

    The entry being pinged is fetched by where the entry's basename matches
    I$<basename> and it's blog_id matches mt.blog_id.

    Returns true or false.

VERSION
    1.01

DATE
    $Date: 2005/12/03 18:46:21 $

AUTHOR
    Aaron Straup Cope <ascope@cpan.org>

BUGS
    Please report all bugs via : http://rt.cpan.org

LICENSE
    Copyright (c) 2005 Aaron Straup Cope. All Rights Reserved.

    This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same
    terms as Perl itself.