How to move Disqus Comment to Native Comment?

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As captioned, how am I migrate Disqus Comment to Ghost Native Comment?

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I am currently using Cove for comments and would like to be able to import those into the new native comments system.

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Very doubtful this can happen. Best to reach out to @dan

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@pureflo - There is an export routine already in Cove so no need to contact Dan.

My developer has been asking about documentation of the comment data structures in Ghost to see about writing import code but so far no resolution.

BTW – I have nothing bad to say about Cove, I switched to it from Disqus. I am just looking for ways to simplify site admin and monthly nut.

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Hi, have you been able to find a way to move comments from Disqus into Ghost’s native comments?

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Right now it seems that Ghost does not have a comment import tool or API, but it would still be possible, but inserting the comments directly into the database.

The solution would require some custom coding and would work like this:

  1. Extract the Disqus comments. They offer a tool to export the comments in XML format: Comments Export | Disqus
  2. Transform the comments from in Disqus format into a format that works for Ghost. A reference for the format of comments in the Ghost database is here: Importing third-party comments into the native commenting system - #4 by ryansechrest
  3. Load the comments into Ghost.

Eventually, I expect that Ghost will update their API to help automate importing comments, and possibly provide other comment import tools.

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@Fute This is the only way currently…

We have moved comments from Cove to native comments using the manual approach for @TheChocolateLife. If you need expert assistance please contact us via our ghost expert profile

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