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
What about forking lasim, which is now inactive? https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim
It’s better than the built-in option because it gives you more options. For example, if I only want to add blocks from one account to another without overwriting any other settings. I don’t see that your tool allows for that.
The whole point of this being a web app is to make it as easy as possible for the user to download/modify/transfer their user data. LASIM is a traditional app the user has to download and install, similar to a script this web app was developed to replace due to being too difficult to use for some users.
The import functionality targeted by this API is additive and my app features a built-in editor to add, modify or remove information as the user sees fit. To achieve your stated goal, you’d have to remove anything except the
blocked_usersentries before importing, which my app supports, I added a wiki entry explaining the workflow in more Detail.I may add options to modify the exported data in some ways via a simple checkbox in the future, but I wouldn’t count on it. I’m always open for pull requests!