Thanks, Blake. My log has this:
ArgumentError (argument out of range) /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:528:in initialize’`
I don’t think the rest of the log details are relevant, and it is quite lengthy.
Regarding the 2-second timing… I am trying to avoid a hard rate limit, even though I have set my limits to 0 seconds under Admin. Using the API is super convenient, but it is getting painful. I have a flat file with all of the data to import. My users are already staged and I am importing 2,000+ topics and 14,000+ posts. I think I need to just follow the docs for writing an import script.
FWIW, I am using PowerShell and monitoring the API output as I go. I have discovered all of the limitations like min/max char. limits, etc. So it has been helpful. But again, it seems to me an import script would be faster.
Any suggestions on where to start? Another user suggested starting with the PhpBB3 script and going from there. I would like to avoid setting up a local server, etc. as @pfaffman and others suggest. My environment is still pre-production so I am not concerned users seeing it as it goes along.