A script to backup/restore from one lemmy instance - fievel/lemmy_backup

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.

  • Cr4yfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year 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.eeOPEnglish
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      1 year 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