Import on nodeBB

athedoor

Hi all, is there an import procedure of user, category and discussion on nodeBB?
Is there a documentation that describes how to format the import file?

Thanks

cagatay

@Andrea-0 please check below links;

NodeBB Community

A community to talk about development and ask questions about NodeBB modern forum software

NodeBB Community (community.nodebb.org)

andybrice

I'm wondering the same thing. The most recent discussion of importing seems to be from 5 years ago. And import plugins appear to be abandoned and no longer supported.

As far as I can tell, there is currently no practical way to migrate to NodeBB.

PitaJ

Importing hasn't changed much for a while. You can use the existing plugin with the NodeBB version it specifies and upgrade from there.

If you need documentation on how to write your own exporter (term for what extracts the data from your old forum), that is here: https://github.com/akhoury/nodebb-plugin-import/blob/master/write-my-own-exporter.md

andybrice

@PitaJ How much work do you think would be involved in updating the import plugin to support NodeBB v2.3? I may well be willing to contribute some time and/or money to this if it's feasible.