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When will vanilla allow us to create discussions via the API?
This would be really helpful when integrating with external applications, or importing from other forums.
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Since we're working with .NET I thought we might expose the database via OData (using the the ADO.NET Entity Framework [1] and WCF Data Services [2].
I agree that an API for creating discussions would be rad but I don't think it's on the front burner yet.
I saw the Vanilla Porter (http://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core) but what you mention sounds like would be very helpful when pulling forum data from another schema (such as IPB).
I also wondered whether there is any facility for importing from a hosted Vanilla to a self-hosted Vanilla (and vice versa)
For each new schema, all you need to do is make class that extends the main exporter and match up fields.