The Export Interface

One of the more hidden features of Elgg is the Export interface. In a nutshell this interface provides an export view for Entities, Metadata, Annotations and relationships which can provide a convenient way of accessing data objects in a machine readable form. Endpoints The export url is constructed in different ways for entities, relationships and […]

Marcus Povey

One of the more hidden features of Elgg is the Export interface. In a nutshell this interface provides an export view for Entities, Metadata, Annotations and relationships which can provide a convenient way of accessing data objects in a machine readable form. Endpoints The export url is constructed in different ways for entities, relationships and […]

Import and Export in Elgg 1.0

Perhaps one of the most useful and unique features about Elgg 1.0 is its ability to import and export data. Initially this is accomplished via OpenDD, but we have added hooks which make it very easy to add other formats. I’m going to talk a little bit about how this works. Firstly, Export. Export works […]

Marcus Povey

Perhaps one of the most useful and unique features about Elgg 1.0 is its ability to import and export data. Initially this is accomplished via OpenDD, but we have added hooks which make it very easy to add other formats. I’m going to talk a little bit about how this works. Firstly, Export. Export works […]