Global search and replace for HubSpot blog posts

HubSpot does not provide for a global search and replace for its blog so it becomes a real pain if you need to make mass updates.

This simple python script attempts to fix the lack of a global search/replace by doing the following:

0. for given blog id, get a list of all posts
1. pull down the components of each post
2. do the search/replace across all relevant components (title, url, body, rss body, etc.)
3. push updated components back to HubSpot through their API

Fair Warning(s):

0. This is not elegant code by any means. I needed something quick and I am not a developer. Any recommendations to make this more efficient are welcome!
1. This script was built and tested on MacOS. If you're using another system, your mileage may vary.

Usage

0. Make sure Python 2.7.x is installed on your system.
1. Open up the file and change the following variables:
   • api_key
   • blog_id
   • string_to_replace
   • replacement_string
2. Run the script in a terminal that supports colors and utf-8 characters

Dependencies

1. Requires that the Python requests package is installed