Comment on A web app to easily transfer your user data from one Lemmy instance to another
Nighed@sffa.community 3 months ago
Isn’t this functionality already built into the default web UI?
Comment on A web app to easily transfer your user data from one Lemmy instance to another
Nighed@sffa.community 3 months ago
Isn’t this functionality already built into the default web UI?
Emotet@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
The export/import functionality is, yes. This implementation uses the same API endpoints, but the main reason for this existing:
An instance I was on slowly died, starting with the frontend (default web UI). At least at the time, no client implemented the export/import functionality, so I wrote a simple script in Bash to download the user data, if the backend still works. Running a script can still be a challenge to some users, so I wrote a web application with the same functionality. It’s a bit redundant if we’re talking about regularly working instances, but can be of use if the frontend isn’t available for some reason.
Blaze@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Interesting. I guess it can be useful for feddit.de (now feddit.org) users