This is a collection of my posts to Tumblr from April 2009 until the present. The backup of my Tumblr posts was created using tumblr-utils by Beat Bolli.
Even after the Yahoo aquisition of Tumblr I personally believe the platform has a bright future ahead, and I will continue to actively post on Tumblr. I am going to keep this archive up to date in an effort to keep as much of my personal data open on Github as possible.
Here are the quick steps that I used to backup my Tumblr blog on a Mac using the tumblr_backup.py script, but it might be helpful to reference the complete installation and usage documents at tumblr_backup.md. If you encounter any issues directly related to the script you will be better opening an issue at bbolli/tumblr-utils
- Make sure you have Python installed on your Mac. Type in
python --versionin the terminal to see your version. Everything worked perfectly for me using Python 2.7.2. - Determine where your Python site-packages directory is located:
python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())" - Download and unzip the xmltramp.zip package.
- Install or move
xmltramp.pyto your site-packages directory from step 2. - Copy
tumblr_backup.pyinto the directory where you want to archive your blog. - Run
tumblr_backup.pyby typing the following into the terminal:
python tumblr_backup.py your-blog-name - For a full list of options, arguments and environment variables see tumblr_backup.md.