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Re: exporting data


 

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 01:53 PM, Chris wrote:
there must logically be a topic table¡ªat least containing the topic name
topics have a number which forms part of the URL that you see in the address bar of your browser. For this topic on GMF it is 110644003. You can have multiple topics with the same subject.
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If you wish to only extract certain topics and their associates messages, you can look to use the /gettopic endpoint of the API.? You'd need to write your own code to do that though. The /gettopic endpoint will return the messages for a specific topic in a Message List Object. You'll need to parse that and look for individual message objects. The body element of each message object should contain the message text:
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Beyond that, you will also find an attachments element with details of any attachments the message has:
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As Duane said, it could take some work on your part!
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One more question: is it possible to download all attachments from a group at once?
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In a word, No.? Attachments are connected to messages so you need to get the message details as described above to get the download URL for each attachment.
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You can view a list of all the attachments for your messages though with links back to the individual messages. If you have a Premium group, then go to Admin > Preferences > $ Billing and use the View Attachments link. If you have a free group, then it's Admin > Preferences > + Upgrade.
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Regards
Andy
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