Is there a setting page on the lemmy instance where I can download all my data?

  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Account settings import/export exists, but not a full data export. Part of the reason is that importing and overwriting historical data isn’t possible with activitypub.

    But at least a full data export would be possible to do. Open up an issue for this in the lemmy back end.

  • freamon@endlesstalk.org
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    7 months ago

    No settings page (as far as I’m aware), but you can use the API to get everything (posts, comments, etc):

    step 1: get login token -

    curl --request POST \
         --url https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/user/login \
         --header 'accept: application/json' \
         --header 'content-type: application/json' \
         --data '
    {
      "username_or_email": "2br02b",
      "password": "YOUR-PASSWORD"
    }
    '
    

    step 2: use login token (big long string starting with ‘ey’) to get data -

    curl --request GET \
         --url 'https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/user?username=2br02b&page=1' \
         --header 'accept: application/json' \
         --header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR-JWT'
    

    Increment page number until you have everything. source: https://lemmy.readme.io/reference/get_user