jonathanmoore / tumblr

All of my posts on Tumblr

Tumblr Archive

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.

Using tumblr_backup.py

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

1. Make sure you have Python installed on your Mac. Type in python --version in the terminal to see your version. Everything worked perfectly for me using Python 2.7.2.
2. Determine where your Python site-packages directory is located: python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())"
3. Download and unzip the xmltramp.zip package.
4. Install or move xmltramp.py to your site-packages directory from step 2.
5. Copy tumblr_backup.py into the directory where you want to archive your blog.
6. Run tumblr_backup.py by typing the following into the terminal:
   python tumblr_backup.py your-blog-name
7. For a full list of options, arguments and environment variables see tumblr_backup.md.