# \[Announce\] Search & replace / batch process Discourse posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/announce-search-replace-batch-process-discourse-posts/34029>\
**Category:** Extras\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [2. Oktober 2015 um 07:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announce-search-replace-batch-process-discourse-posts/34029 "2015-10-02T07:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\
**Post date:** [14. November 2015 um 23:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announce-search-replace-batch-process-discourse-posts/34029/2 "2015-11-14T23:20:53Z")

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Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

I’m looking to mass search/replace phpbb [youtube] tags with actual youtube links from the phpbb importer, and this is a great first step.

PR for adding support for [youtube] tags.  
[https://github.com/dandv/discourse-post-process/pull/3](https://github.com/dandv/discourse-post-process/pull/3)

I’ve thrown a PR your way for dry-run option, too.  
[https://github.com/dandv/discourse-post-process/pull/2](https://github.com/dandv/discourse-post-process/pull/2)

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