Merge pull request #3264 from boxydog/medium_importer

docs/content.rst

@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ For **Markdown**, one must rely on an extension. For example, using the `mdx_inc
 Importing an existing site
 ==========================
 
-It is possible to import your site from WordPress, Tumblr, Dotclear, and RSS
-feeds using a simple script. See :ref:`import`.
+It is possible to import your site from several other blogging sites
+(like WordPress, Tumblr, ..) using a simple script. See :ref:`import`.
 
 Translations
 ============

docs/importer.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ software to reStructuredText or Markdown. The supported import formats are:
 
 - Blogger XML export
 - Dotclear export
+- Medium export
 - Tumblr API
 - WordPress XML export
 - RSS/Atom feed
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ Optional arguments
   -h, --help            Show this help message and exit
   --blogger             Blogger XML export (default: False)
   --dotclear            Dotclear export (default: False)
+  --medium              Medium export (default: False)
   --tumblr              Tumblr API (default: False)
   --wpfile              WordPress XML export (default: False)
   --feed                Feed to parse (default: False)
@@ -86,8 +88,7 @@ Optional arguments
                           (default: False)
   --filter-author       Import only post from the specified author
   --strip-raw           Strip raw HTML code that can't be converted to markup
-                        such as flash embeds or iframes (wordpress import
-                        only) (default: False)
+                        such as flash embeds or iframes (default: False)
   --wp-custpost         Put wordpress custom post types in directories. If
                         used with --dir-cat option directories will be created
                         as "/post_type/category/" (wordpress import only)
@@ -119,6 +120,14 @@ For Dotclear::
 
     $ pelican-import --dotclear -o ~/output ~/backup.txt
 
+For Medium::
+
+    $ pelican-import --medium -o ~/output ~/medium-export/posts/
+
+The Medium export is a zip file.  Unzip it, and point this tool to the
+"posts" subdirectory.  For more information on how to export, see
+https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004745787-Export-your-account-data.
+
 For Tumblr::
 
     $ pelican-import --tumblr -o ~/output --blogname=<blogname> <api_key>