1. tumblr(1)
  2. Tumblr Manual
  3. tumblr(1)

NAME

tumblr - publish to tumblr.com

SYNOPSIS

tumblr COMMAND [ARGS]

DESCRIPTION

tumblr is a command line utility and Ruby library for working with Tumblr.com. It can read plain-text and binary files and publish them to Tumblr.

tumblr is driven through a group of COMMANDS (similar to git or rbenv).

If you preface your plaintext file with a bit of YAML (<yaml.org>) frontmatter, you can give tumblr more explicit instructions for how to publish your post. See tumblr(5) for available YAML parameters.

COMMANDS

tumblr post POST | FILE | URL

Post to tumblr. A POST is a piece of plaintext, assumed to be formatted as tumblr(5). FILE is a path to a POST. If FILE has a binary extension, that file will be uploaded as an image, audio, or video post. URL will create a link-type post, or a video or audio post, depending on the location of the url.

tumblr pipe

Read from STDIN and post to tumblr.

tumblr edit POST_ID

Edit POST_ID on tumblr. Will open the serialized post in the foreground with $TUMBLREDITOR then $EDITOR.

tumblr fetch POST_ID

Fetch POST_ID from tumblr and write out its serialized form.

tumblr delete POST_ID

Delete POST_ID from tumblr.

tumblr list

Print a YAML listing of Post IDs to Post URLs.

tumblr help [TASK]

Print the help message and the description for TASK.

tumblr authorize

Start a web server and application to authenticate to tumblr and authorize the cli. See AUTHORIZATION

tumblr version

Print the tumblr version and quit.

POSTING OPTIONS

These options are used when posting to tumblr, i.e. when using tumblr post or tumblr pipe.

-p,--publish

Publish this post (ignoring the state parameter set in the post).

-q,--queue

Add this post to the queue.

-d,--draft

Save this post as a draft.

COMMON OPTIONS

--credentials=PATH

The file where your OAuth keys are stored. When authenticating, this path is where the keys should be stored.

--host=HOST

The hostname of the Tumblr account your posting to. Posting and fetching posts require the hostname.

AUTHORIZATION

Most actions of the cli require authorization to Tumblr. tumblr authorize provides a mechanism to authenticate and authorize the cli.

In order to use tumblr, you first need to register an OAuth application with tumblr.

Run tumblr authorize to start up server, and type in the consumer key and secret. You'll then be asked to authorize the app. These keys are saved to the file noted in --credentials, defaulting to ~/.tumblr. If you choose not to use this default, you will need to enter the --credentials option every time you post. Alternatively, use the $TUMBLRCRED environment variable.

EXAMPLES

Publish a file to Tumblr.com:

$ tumblr post my_post.txt

Or from standard input:

$ cat data.yml my_post.txt | tumblr --host=mwunsch.tumblr.com

Make a Link post:

$ tumblr post http://github.com/mwunsch/tumblr

Or a Video post:

$ tumblr post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

Save it as a draft:

$ tumblr post -d http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

Tumblr (the gem) is Copyright (C) 2010 - 2012 Mark Wunsch

Tumblr is Copyright (c) Tumblr, Inc. The Tumblr gem is NOT affiliated with Tumblr, Inc.

SEE ALSO

tumblr(5), gem(1)

  1. Mark Wunsch
  2. January 2013
  3. tumblr(1)