Google Blogger

Blogger API CLI for managing blog posts. Post, edit, delete, list, and monitor Blogger blogs. Use when the user wants to: (1) publish blog posts to Blogger, (2) edit existing blog posts, (3) list or search blog posts, (4) delete blog posts, (5) schedule posts, (6) monitor blog activity. Requires Google OAuth credentials in ~/.config/gblog/credentials.json

gblog - Blogger CLI

Manage Blogger blogs via command line. Supports posting, editing, listing, and monitoring.

Quick Start

bash

# Authenticate with Google
gblog auth

# List your blogs
gblog list-blogs

# List posts from a blog
gblog list-posts --blog-id YOUR_BLOG_ID

# Create a new post
gblog post --blog-id YOUR_BLOG_ID --title "My Post" --content ./post.html

# Edit a post
gblog edit --blog-id YOUR_BLOG_ID --post-id POST_ID --content ./updated.html

# Delete a post
gblog delete --blog-id YOUR_BLOG_ID --post-id POST_ID

Setup

1. Google Cloud Console Setup

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a project or select existing
3. Enable Blogger API v3
4. Go to APIs & Services → Credentials
5. Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID (Desktop application type)
6. Add redirect URIs:
   • http://localhost:8085/oauth2callback
   • http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback
7. Download credentials JSON

2. Local Setup

bash

# Create config directory
mkdir -p ~/.config/gblog

# Save credentials
cp ~/Downloads/client_secret_*.json ~/.config/gblog/credentials.json

# Run authentication
gblog auth

3. Authentication

The first time you run gblog auth, it will:

1. Open a browser for Google OAuth
2. Request permissions for Blogger
3. Save refresh token to ~/.config/gblog/token.json

Commands

Authentication

bash

gblog auth                    # Authenticate with Google
gblog auth --status          # Check auth status
gblog auth --logout          # Clear saved tokens

Blog Management

bash

gblog list-blogs             # List all your blogs
gblog get-blog --id BLOG_ID  # Get blog details

Post Management

bash

# List posts
gblog list-posts --blog-id BLOG_ID

# Create post
gblog post \
  --blog-id BLOG_ID \
  --title "Post Title" \
  --content ./content.html \
  --labels "AI, Tutorial" \
  --draft

# Edit post
gblog edit \
  --blog-id BLOG_ID \
  --post-id POST_ID \
  --title "Updated Title" \
  --content ./updated.html

# Delete post
gblog delete --blog-id BLOG_ID --post-id POST_ID

# Get post
gblog get-post --blog-id BLOG_ID --post-id POST_ID

Monitoring

bash

# Monitor new posts (poll every 5 minutes)
gblog monitor --blog-id BLOG_ID --interval 300

# Get post statistics
gblog stats --blog-id BLOG_ID

HTML Content Format

Posts support full HTML. Example structure:

html

<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.8;">
  <h1 style="color: #27ae60;">Post Title</h1>
  
  <p>Your content here...</p>
  
  <div style="background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px;">
    <h3>Call to Action</h3>
    <a href="...">Subscribe</a>
  </div>
</div>

Configuration Files

File	Purpose
~/.config/gblog/credentials.json	OAuth client credentials
~/.config/gblog/token.json	Saved access/refresh tokens
~/.config/gblog/config.json	User preferences

Environment Variables

bash

export GBLOG_CREDENTIALS_PATH=/path/to/credentials.json
export GBLOG_TOKEN_PATH=/path/to/token.json
export GBLOG_DEFAULT_BLOG_ID=your-blog-id

Error Handling

Common errors and solutions:

Error	Solution
invalid_grant	Run gblog auth again
insufficient_permissions	Check Blogger API is enabled
blog not found	Verify blog ID is correct
rate limit exceeded	Wait 60 seconds and retry

API Reference

Uses Blogger API v3:

• Base URL: https://www.googleapis.com/blogger/v3
• Documentation: https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/3.0/reference

Scripts

• scripts/gblog.py - Main CLI script
• scripts/auth.py - OAuth authentication
• scripts/blogger_api.py - API wrapper

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