A Python based WSGI application to proxy request to the Tumblr.com API. Supports:

• hosting of a Tumblr blog using a subdirectory**
• custom rendering using Jinja2 templates
• logging

** Requires nginx or a similar reverse proxy configuration (see blow).

• tumblrproxy/templates/blog : templates to customize blog layout

• tumblrproxy/controllers/blog : application logic

  • controllers/blog/init.py : URL routing

  • controllers/blog/view.py : view rendering logic

• tumblrproxy/init.py : WSGI application

Get latest code copy:

git clone https://github.com/140am/tumblrproxy
cd tumblrproxy

Using a virtualenv setup (optionally but recommended):

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate

Setup the project environment and database:

python setup.py develop

Start the development web server:

pserve development.ini --reload

Update the development.ini file with your Tumblr Application settings:

tumblr.blog = TUMBLR_USERNAME
tumblr.consumer_key =
tumblr.consumer_secret =

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name www.yoursite.tld;

    location ~ ^/blog/?(.*)$ {
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        if (!-f $request_filename) {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6543/$1;
        }
        proxy_connect_timeout 60;
    }

    root /www/yoursite.tld;
}

• http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2
• http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/custom_themes

Copyright (c) 2013 Manuel Kreutz

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