GitHub - fievel/lemmy_backup: A script to backup/restore from one lemmy instance (github.com)

submitted 3 years ago by fievel@lemm.ee to c/lemmydev@lemm.ee

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I made a script based on plemmy and LemmyHttp API to be able to backup the list of registered communities and user profile (for now, that's just the biography). It output in human-readable format on console and have an option to output in a json file. The next step will be to provide also a script to restore such json backup to another lemmy instance or user.

I decided to do this small development following the sudden disappearance of vlemmy.net instance which resulted in the lost of all my subscribed communities.

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[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 years ago

Wow. That would really be helpful!

[-] Cr4yfish@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Great project!

Also, FYI Markdown in titles isn't supported by a lot of Lemmy Apps, so it might not be obvious to many that that's actually a link to the github.

[-] fievel@lemm.ee 1 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the info, I just used the URL field in "Create Post" form. If this does not work well in mastodon perhaps it's something to think about for the developers of Lemmy ...

Anyway putting back the link to my humble script here for mastodon users: https://github.com/fievel/lemmy_backup

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