# Adding default sets of topics, categories and users to a new Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-default-sets-of-topics-categories-and-users-to-a-new-discourse/42733
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [18.Апрель.2016 16:47:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-default-sets-of-topics-categories-and-users-to-a-new-discourse/42733 "2016-04-18T16:47:38Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [18.Апрель.2016 18:53:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-default-sets-of-topics-categories-and-users-to-a-new-discourse/42733/2 "2016-04-18T18:53:00Z")

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I just noticed that there is a [topic and category import/export](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-category-export-import/38930) command line tool. This solves half my problem, as I can now put all of my customizations in a LMS category and export:

> [@Move topics from one Discourse instance to another](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-topics-from-one-discourse-instance-to-another/38930/1):
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> the category  
> all its subcategories  
> its security settings  
> custom groups mentioned in the security settings  
> all topics and posts in the category and subcategories  
> all users who posted, and assigns them to the groups

This will make it easy/possible to include the exported JSON file with my set of scripts that support creating badges for assignments and so on.

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