How can I migrate Stack Overflow data into Discourse?

Migration
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I want to transfer about 1000 posts from our old Stack Overflow Enterprise instance into Discourse. Has anyone migrated Stack Overflow data into Discourse?

Is there a plugin or repo with scripts that could help facilitate this?

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Hey so I’m looking to do a similar thing so I’ll wait for a more informed answer but I did find this:

This seems to suggest there is a way, would be great to get some comment on how to use it.

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Not sure how far along you got with the above, but what I ended up doing was just using the Stack Overflow and Discourse APIs. Pulled the posts/answers I wanted from the Stack Overflow API, did some data processing/formatting and then used the Discourse API to create new posts based off the data.

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Any plans to share your code? That would be super handy to many people I’m sure.

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Sure! As soon as I finish our migration, I’ll make sure to come back and post a python script that streamlines the Stack Overflow Post to Discourse Post migration. Should be here in a couple of weeks!

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I have a script I use to download posts from public Stack Overflow/Exchange to post on my Jekyll blog:

I considered using the Discourse API to post them to my forum, but I don’t have so many that copy-and-paste doesn’t work just as well. With a thousand or so posts, automating that steps is key! Good luck.

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