Medium to Webflow

Sync your Medium posts to a Webflow CMS collection.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'medium_to_webflow'

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install medium_to_webflow

There are two ways to configure and use the gem:

First, generate a sample configuration file:

$ medium_to_webflow init
# Creates config/medium_to_webflow.rb with environment variables support

# Or specify a custom path
$ medium_to_webflow init --path=./config.rb

The configuration file will look like this:

MediumToWebflow.configure do |config|
  # Required settings
  config.medium_username = ENV.fetch("MEDIUM_USERNAME", nil)
  config.webflow_api_token = ENV.fetch("WEBFLOW_API_TOKEN", nil)
  config.webflow_collection_id = ENV.fetch("WEBFLOW_COLLECTION_ID", nil)

  # Field mappings from Medium post attributes to Webflow field names
  config.field_mappings = {
    # Required mappings
    title: "name",          # Maps to Webflow's name field
    guid: "slug",           # Maps to Webflow's slug field

    # Optional mappings (customize based on your collection)
    url: "source-url",      # Maps to a custom field
    published_at: "date",   # Maps to a date field
    author: "author",       # Maps to an author field
    image_url: "image",     # Maps to an image field (converted to { url: value })
    category: "category"    # Maps to a category field
  }
end

Then run the sync:

$ medium_to_webflow sync -c config/medium_to_webflow.rb

You can also run the sync directly with command line options:

$ medium_to_webflow sync \
  --medium-username=your-username \
  --webflow-api-token=your-token \
  --webflow-collection-id=your-collection-id \
  --field-mappings=title:name,guid:slug,url:medium-url

$ medium_to_webflow sync [options]
    -u, --medium-username=USERNAME    Medium username (without the @ symbol)
    -t, --webflow-api-token=TOKEN    Webflow API token with CMS permissions
    -l, --webflow-collection-id=ID   The ID of the Webflow collection where posts will be imported
    -m, --field-mappings=MAPPINGS    Map Medium post fields to Webflow collection fields
    -v, --verbose                    Enable verbose logging
    -f, --force-update              Force update existing posts (default: false)
    -c, --config=PATH                Path to a Ruby config file
    -h, --help                       Show this help message

The verbose flag (-v) will output detailed debugging information during the sync process, which can be helpful for troubleshooting issues.

The --force-update flag controls how existing posts are handled:

• When set to false (default), the sync will skip posts that already exist in Webflow
• When true, existing posts will be updated with the latest content from Medium

When configuring field mappings, you can use any of these Medium post attributes:

• title: The post title
• url: The Medium post URL
• published_at: Publication date
• author: Post author
• image_url: Featured image URL
• category: Post category
• guid: The post's unique identifier

Your field mappings must include these Webflow fields:

• name: The item name in Webflow
• slug: The URL slug in Webflow

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.