Hi all, I want to export a user’s posts as a text/CSV file do anyone know how I can achieve this with data explorer or any other way?

I found this code works for data explorer SELECT t.title, p.raw as text, p.created_at as dateposted FROM posts p LEFT JOIN topics t ON t.id = p.topic_id WHERE t.archetype != 'private_message' AND t.user_id = 1 AND p.user_id = 1 AND t.category_id IN (13,7,1,) AND t.deleted_at is null But it only shows 336 results is there any way to pass this limit? as there are around 5k posts.

A user can request a full copy of their posts and other data in CSV format via the Export Your Data section of Preferences. For example here on meta it’s at: https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/account System will message them with a link to a zip file. The user_archive.csv contains the post data.

[image] kynic: But it only shows 336 results is there any way to pass this limit? as there are around 5k posts. Isn’t that because the 5000 posts include PMs (maybe deleted messages as well) and you filter your categories?

Including t.user_id would only give posts where the user was also the OP. Could that be the main issue? I noticed a couple of extra bits that may be useful too. Something like: -- [params] -- user_id :user SELECT t.id AS topic_id, t.title, p.raw as text, p.created_at as dateposted FROM posts p JOIN topics t ON t.id = p.topic_id WHERE t.archetype != 'private_message' AND p.post_type IN (1, 4) AND p.user_id = :user AND t.deleted_at ISNULL AND p.deleted_at ISNULL ORDER BY p.created_at

User posts export as csv or text

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kynic July 29, 2023, 5:18pm 4

But this includes PM also and I want only public posts.

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