--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/piecrust/importing/base.py	Tue Aug 26 23:20:48 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import os.path
+import codecs
+import logging
+import yaml
+from piecrust.pathutil import SiteNotFoundError
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Importer(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.name = None
+        self.description = None
+
+    def setupParser(self, parser, app):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def importWebsite(self, app, args):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def checkedImportWebsite(self, ctx):
+        if ctx.app.root_dir is None:
+            raise SiteNotFoundError()
+        self.importWebsite(ctx.app, ctx.args)
+        return 0
+
+
+def create_page(app, endpoint_dir, slug, metadata, content):
+    path = os.path.join(app.root_dir, endpoint_dir, slug)
+    logging.debug("Creating page: %s" % os.path.relpath(path, app.root_dir))
+    header = yaml.dump(metadata)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), 0o755, True)
+    with codecs.open(path, 'w', 'utf8') as fp:
+        fp.write("---\n")
+        fp.write(header)
+        fp.write("---\n")
+        fp.write(content)
+