# How can I migrate Stack Overflow data into Discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** stackoverflow
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989 "2023-11-09T19:19:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Discoder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoder)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/1 "2023-11-09T19:19:34Z")
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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### Author:  [@Ric\_harvey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric_harvey)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/2 "2023-11-09T22:48:09Z")
Hey so I’m looking to do a similar thing so I’ll wait for a more informed answer but I did find this:
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This seems to suggest there is a way, would be great to get some comment on how to use it.
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### Author:  [@Discoder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoder)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/3 "2023-11-16T19:29:13Z")
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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### Author:  [@Ric\_harvey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric_harvey)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/4 "2023-11-16T22:00:34Z")
Any plans to share your code? That would be super handy to many people I’m sure.
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### Author:  [@Discoder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoder)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/5 "2023-11-17T19:38:45Z")
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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### Author:  [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-migrate-stack-overflow-data-into-discourse/284989/6 "2023-11-19T02:37:09Z")
> [@Discoder](#):
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> Pulled the posts/answers I wanted from the Stack Overflow API
I have a script I use to download posts from public Stack Overflow/Exchange to post on my Jekyll blog:
[https://github.com/jericson/se2jekyll.rb](https://github.com/jericson/se2jekyll.rb)
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.