def convert(infile, outdir, authorDirs, categoryDirs):
    """Convert Wordpress Export File to multiple html files.
    
    Keyword arguments:
    infile -- the location of the Wordpress Export File
    outdir -- the directory where the files will be created
    authorDirs -- if true, create different directories for each author
    categoryDirs -- if true, create directories for each category
    
    """
    
    
    # First we parse the XML file into a list of posts.
    # Each post is a dictionary
    
    dom = minidom.parse(infile)

    blog = [] # list that will contain all posts

    for node in dom.getElementsByTagName('item'):
    	post = dict()

    	post["title"] = node.getElementsByTagName('title')[0].firstChild.data
    	post["date"] = node.getElementsByTagName('pubDate')[0].firstChild.data
    	post["author"] = node.getElementsByTagName(
    	                'dc:creator')[0].firstChild.data
    	post["id"] = node.getElementsByTagName('wp:post_id')[0].firstChild.data
    	
    	if node.getElementsByTagName('content:encoded')[0].firstChild != None:
    	    post["text"] = node.getElementsByTagName(
    	                    'content:encoded')[0].firstChild.data
    	else:
    	    post["text"] = ""
    	
    	# wp:attachment_url could be use to download attachments

    	# Get the categories
    	tempCategories = []
    	for subnode in node.getElementsByTagName('category'):
    		 tempCategories.append(subnode.getAttribute('nicename'))
    	categories = [x for x in tempCategories if x != '']
    	post["categories"] = categories 

    	# Add post to the list of all posts
    	blog.append(post)
    	
    
    # Then we create the directories and HTML files from the list of posts.
    
    # The "base" directory
    outdir += "/wordpress/"
    if os.path.exists(outdir) == False:
        os.makedirs(outdir)
    os.chdir(outdir)
    
    for post in blog:
        # The "category" directories
        path = ""
        if authorDirs == True:
            path += post["author"].encode('utf-8') + "/"
        
        # This creates a path for the file in the format
        # category1/category2/category3/file. Note that the category list was
        # sorted.
        
        if categoryDirs == True:
            if (post["categories"] != None):
                path += string.join(post["categories"],"/")

        if os.path.exists(path) == False and path != "":
            os.makedirs(path)
        
        # And finally the file itself
        path = outdir + path
        title = post["title"].encode('utf-8')
        filename = path + "/" + post["id"] + ' - ' + title \
                    + '.html'
        
        # Add a meta tag to specify charset (UTF-8) in the HTML file
        meta = """<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; \
        charset=UTF-8">"""
        
        f = open(filename, 'w')
        f.write(meta+"\n")
        
        # Add "HTML header"
        start = "<html>\n<head>\n<title>"+ title +"</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n"
        f.write(start)
        
        # Convert the unicode object to a string that can be written to a file
        # with the proper encoding (UTF-8)
        text = post["text"].encode('utf-8')
        
        # Replace simple newlines with <br/> + newline so that the HTML file
        # represents the original post more accuratelly
        text = text.replace("\n", "<br/>\n")
        
        
        f.write(text)
        
        # Finalize HTML
        end = "\n</body>\n</html>"
        f.write(end)
        
        f.close()
Convert Wordpress Export File to multiple html files.
    
    Keyword arguments:
    infile -- the location of the Wordpress Export File
    outdir -- the directory where the files will be created
    authorDirs -- if true, create different directories for each author
    categoryDirs -- if true, create directories for each category
    
    
recipes/Python/551792_Convert_Wordpress_Export_File_multiple_html/recipe-551792.py