Woohoo, I figured out a way thanks to a random code snippets found on the web.
In local development, run like so:
~/discourse> rails runner script/import_scripts/test.rb
test.rb
require "mysql2"
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/base.rb")
class ImportScripts::UserFieldCreator < ImportScripts::Base
def initialize
super
end
def execute
@interests_field = UserField.find_by_name("My interests5")
unless @interests_field
@interests_field = UserField.create(name: "My interests5", description: "Do you like stuff5?", field_type: "text", editable: true, required: true, show_on_profile: true, show_on_user_card: true)
end
@interests_field = UserField.find_by_name("My interests7")
unless @interests_field
@interests_field = UserField.create(name: "My interests7", description: "Do you like stuff6?", field_type: "dropdown", editable: true, required: true, show_on_profile: true, show_on_user_card: true)
UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'not really')
UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'a bit')
UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'some')
UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'a lot')
end
end
end
if __FILE__==$0
ImportScripts::UserFieldCreator.new.perform
end