Convert 1000 info pages from backoffice to new Content pages in Dato with minimum manual work

[akozlov]

Describe the issue:

We have about 1000 info pages on. theold legacy website: Here

The new project uses NextJs and already have some pages, mainly funnel pages. We want to grab those info pages and create the new records in Dato.

We have another newer project that was using Dato from the beginnign to create info pages. this is an example. So this what we are aming to achieve.

[roger]

Hi @akozlov,

Welcome to the Dato forum!

That is something you would have to write a script for. Here’s some documentation to get you started:

• First you’d make a similar schema in DatoCMS: https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-modelling
• Then you’d write a import script to bring that data in from its original source: https://www.datocms.com/docs/import-and-export/importing-data (this is easier if you have access to the original data source, rather than trying to scrape the Next-generated HTML)
• The full API docs are here: https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api, and especially the “Create a new record” page. Using our JS SDK will be a lot easier than trying to do it via HTTP.

This will probably take a few hours or days of work, depending on the complexity of your incoming schema and data. I don’t know what your incoming data looks like, but hopefully the docs can get you started? If you run into trouble along the way, please feel free to reach out for more help If there’s anything sensitive/private, you can always email us at support@datocms.com instead.

Good luck!