Node Import does exist. What about node export?

Have you tried Import/Export API? I tested it a while ago, and it seemed to be what you're after, where this module seems to be more for importing data from systems other than Drupal.

http://drupal.org/project/node_export

trying to clarify my understanding of this module http://drupal.org/project/node_export. It seems from the description does the same thing that is built in to cck . Content type import/export. Does it allow import/export of the actual content? sorry i just realized this was a module project thread so excuse me for posting this question on a different module

Yeah it's for the actual data in a node, not the structure of the content type.

Hmmm, how about in drupal 6?
This plugin is 5 only.

Antonio

Hello,

I was looking at the node export module, and it does indeed, provide away to export a node. But there is no real batch functionality at this time. I have a site with quite a few nodes, mostly forum posts, and simple image gallery stuff. Is there a way to export them to a new drupal site? They are both 6, and Acutally, I only care about the content, not even the user names, etc. I would think that maybe an action on the content menu, where you see all your content would work. You would check mark all the nodes you want, and under the pull down menu, export them.

Does that make sense to anyone? I suppose if it just grabs all the data from a node,, like node import does, and makes a small spread sheet from it, that's great.

Antonio

Hello,

I was looking at the node export module, and it does indeed, provide away to export a node. But there is no real batch functionality at this time. I have a site with quite a few nodes, mostly forum posts, and simple image gallery stuff. Is there a way to export them to a new drupal site? They are both 6, and Actually, I only care about the content, not even the user names, etc. I would think that maybe an action on the content menu, where you see all your content would work. You would check mark all the nodes you want, and under the pull down menu, export them.

Does that make sense to anyone? I suppose if it just grabs all the data from a node,, like node import does, and makes a small spread sheet from it, that's great.

Antonio

Have you tried views?

Eg with: http://drupal.org/project/views_bonus to export to CSV and maybe (haven't tried it) http://drupal.org/project/many_node_export_views.

Some kind of export functionality may be included one day in node_import, but not in the near future. Especially how one would select which nodes to export is a daunting task (and will probably be done with views anyway).

You might also have a look at the Import/Export API module (http://drupal.org/project/importexportapi). This is a generic approach to import/export via CSV and XML files. Unfortunately, the module is not under active development at the moment:

This is one of the Google Summer of Code 2006 Drupal projects. The original author of the project is currently unavailable to maintain it. So while it hasn't exactly been abandoned, no one is responding to the issue queue. If you'd like to take active ownership of the project and contribute, please contact douggreen (http://drupal.org/user/29191).

Here's kind of a roadmap by the developer for further development of the module:
http://greenash.net.au/posts/thoughts/import-export-api-final-thoughts

Frank