​Mass Export of Workspace

[networkydev]

Description

When in a workspace on the homepage there should be a button that goes through and exports all the files to the selected export type.

Use case

For backing up their workspace to a more universal format other than just the default affine file type or for converting their workspace to some other format.

Anything else?

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR?

• Yes I'd like to help by submitting a PR!

[JimmFly]

What do you think about this? @hwangdev97

[yinan-c]

I like the export functionality that converts a single page to a markdown file, it would be good to be able to export the whole workspace.

[IvanLi-CN]

I want this feature too, it would give me a very big sense of security.

[deltaxsingh]

Seems like Affine could easily implement this as the functionality to "export as markdown" already exists per page.

I'm guessing they don't want users leaving so it's intentionally this way. Especially since the original request was from March 2024.

Pretty scummy.

[louis-lau]

Are you not a developer, or perhaps a junior developer? Often, more goes into such a task than you think. You can't know if they left this intentionally, they're probably just not prioritizing it. Calling people scummy for not implementing feature requests in an open source project is the kind of thing that makes open source developers burn out and quit.

[deltaxsingh]

Are you not a developer, or perhaps a junior developer? Often, more goes into such a task than you think. You can't know if they left this intentionally, they're probably just not prioritizing it. Calling people scummy for not implementing feature requests in an open source project is the kind of thing that makes open source developers burn out and quit.

Easily solution is to not start making a product scummy to begin with mate. In no world is import without adequate export reasonable, irrespective of "priorities".

[rrmistry]

Found this JS script that seems to perform a basic import/export of all Affine data

https://gist.github.com/pengx17/6e51885d892b0ce2a29e5f5c0e2d84fe

⚠️ Disclaimer: I haven't personally tested and I am not the author

[marcolaux]

this is not a universal format and the "full backup" feature within affine should do the same I think.

[marcolaux]

This would be an important feature for portability and accessibility