What format for JSON Generic import?

pfaffman · May 29, 2021, 10:55pm

If you can get access to the mbox files, that’ll be much easier.

The generic import script is just that, you’ll need to look at the code to see what it’s expecting and change it or your data to match.

The salient bit is here:

github.com/discourse/discourse

script/import_scripts/json_generic.rb

main


      
            category: ENV["CATEGORY_ID"],
            custom_fields: {
              import_id: "pid:#{first_post["id"]}",
            },
          }
          
          topic[:pinned_at] = Time.zone.parse(first_post["date"]) if t["pinned"]
          topics += 1
          parent_post = create_post(topic, topic[:id])
          
          t["posts"][1..-1].each do |p|
            create_post(
              {
                id: p["id"],
                topic_id: parent_post.topic_id,
                user_id: user_id_from_imported_user_id(username_for(p["author"])) || -1,
                raw: p["body"],
                created_at: Time.zone.parse(p["date"]),
                cook_method: Post.cook_methods[:raw_html],
                custom_fields: {

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What format for JSON Generic import?

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