Tumblr JSON Scraper

A small script that scrapes a given Tumblr blog to JSON format.

How To Use

These instructions assume that you have Ruby and Bundler installed and know a little about how to use them.

1. To use Tumblr API V2, you'll need to register an application at https://www.tumblr.com/oauth/apps.

2. Once you've done that, rename the _env file in this directory to .env.

3. In .env, change the CONSUMER_KEY= line to that app you just registered's "OAuth Consumer Key". Change the CONSUMER_SECRET= lines to your app's "secret key". (You can ignore the OAUTH_TOKEN and OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET lines.)

4. By default, the script will save scraped blogs to:

   {your home directory}/Downloads/Tumblr

You can change this in .env by uncommenting the OUTPUT_DIRECTORY= line and entering the directory you want.

5. In the console, run the following command to install the dependencies:

bundle install

6. Finally, to scrape a blog, run the following command in the console:

bundle exec ruby scrape_blog.rb BLOG_NAME_GOES_HERE