# URL required in script to import from csv

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-required-in-script-to-import-from-csv/180809>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-required-in-script-to-import-from-csv/180809 "2021-02-22T22:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shenron\_segamag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shenron_segamag/32/188149_2.png) [@Shenron\_segamag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shenron_segamag)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-required-in-script-to-import-from-csv/180809/3 "2021-02-23T08:15:24Z")

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The SQL is a mess, and it was somehow easier to export the data to a csv.

I was curious about the way Discourse handles the creation of new urls if an import script doesn’t do it.

And yeah, it was certainly too much to ask to rewrite parts of a script from a contributor.

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