Deck: Import from trello

[brantje]

Hi there!
Awesome idea, currently i use trello.
It would be a pain to migrate by hand, however, trello offers a API.
Would it be possible to write some kind of importer?

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[juliushaertl]

That would be definitely super nice to have also for other apps, but it is no priority for me now.

We could also offer a public API for deck so that people can build simple import scripts for various other tools similar to this one: https://github.com/matueranet/kanboard-import-trello

[srbaker]

This is what I need the API for, so I can import from Trello. Happy to do the work, as I mentioned in #83.

[weipah]

I +1 this feature request. It would really ease up the process to make the switch from cloud-based to local installation.

Trello also supports JSON exports in their free version.

I guess using this for a one-time import would be much easier than deep-diving into their api.

[juliushaertl]

@weipah The API was basically meant to be for Deck so users can script their import from various platforms.

I see the sense of importing trello data directly from the webinterface, but I will not have time to implement this in the near future. Several other features will be focused before. But as always, if anyone wants to contribute, pullrequests are always welcome.

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[krombel]

can this be reopened again? I would like to have that feature as well.

[juliushaertl]

This would be a nice feature, however currently there are no plans to implement this in the near future. In general I would be a lot more happy if importing from various 3rd party services and software would be done using the API, so we keep the deck code clean from other dependencies. Thus I will keep this ticket closed for now. If somebody wants to implement this feature nevertheless we are happy to assist and help out.

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[BloodyIron]

Let's get this reopened please. I'm for it!

[martinaware]

I'd like it to reopened as well.

[brokencode64]

Would love to see this re-opened. Currently this is the only thing keeping me from migrating to Deck.

[putt1ck]

@brokencode64 we definitely have this on our radar but will be via the API using Trello export JSON format (because last I checked that was only free export format).

[juliushaertl]

If somebody wants to implement this feature nevertheless we are happy to assist and help out.

This still counts even if the ticket is closed.

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Now on the trello import:
Imo the first step would be to have a general import/export available (#87), once that is in place we can thing about how the trello json could be mapped to our data structures.

[maxammann]

I'm currently working on writing an external import tool in python. I have now an in-memory view of the trello data which can be imported into Deck.

[BloodyIron]

What about Trello boards that have Epics and other big aspects that Deck doesn't yet have?

[maxammann]

@BloodyIron so far I did not encounter Epics in the JSON export of Trello. PowerUps etc will be lost I suppose. The migration has to be lossy.

Checklists are appened as markdown in the description for example.

[stefan-niedermann]

@maxammann maybe you can post the link to your repository here? Then this kind of questions can be handeled in separate issues.

PowerUps etc will be lost I suppose

Maybe there will be a way in the future to export PowerUp stuff as json and attach it as a json file attachment to the cards or so...

[maxammann]

There you go: I'll create issues for missing stuff: https://github.com/maxammann/trello-to-deck