Export custom field for users in discourse hosted forum

[haikueden (haiku)]

We have a forum hosted by Discourse. I want to export the custom fields of user profiles as one of the fields is one we have set to be hidden on profiles used for giveaway info.

Creating and configuring custom user fields

This guide explains how to create and configure custom user fields in Discourse, including how to add them to the signup form, user profiles, and user directory. Required user level: Administrator Custom user fields allow you to collect additional information from your users beyond the standard profile fields. These fields can be displayed on user cards, user summary pages, and even retrieved using the Data Explorer plugin. This guide will walk you through th…

Is the data exporter thing requiring $300 a month the only way to do this?

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@haikueden

Is the data exporter thing requiring $300 a month the only way to do this?

It’s the only easy way. You can also use the API; anything you can see in the UX, you can retrieve with the API. See Reverse engineer the Discourse API