A web app to easily transfer your user data from one Lemmy instance to another (stablenarwhal.github.io)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Emotet@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10823519

So I wrote a little web app that allows a user to move their user data, like settings and subscribed/banned communities, from one account/instance to another.

It runs completely client-side, but is hosted on GitHub for the moment. Maybe it'll be of some use!

Features:

Don't trust me or GitHub? Clone the project and host it yourself or run it locally (Example in Wiki)
Export user data from any Lemmy instance (>=v0.19)
Download user data as a text file
Modify user data, e.g. to add or remove followed users/communites (Example in Wiki)
- "display_name"
- "bio"
- "avatar"
- "banner"
- "matrix_id"
- "bot_account"
- "settings"
- "followed_communities"
- "saved_posts"
- "saved_comments"
- "blocked_communities"
- "blocked_users"
- "blocked_instances"
Transfer user data to the target account on the target instance

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[-] Nighed@sffa.community 10 points 5 months ago

Isn't this functionality already built into the default web UI?

[-] Emotet@slrpnk.net 27 points 5 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.