Bulk import from md and other apps | Feedback

Bulk import from md and other apps

in progress

Steffen Bleher

Upload a zip folder of markdown files to capacities.

Considerations

upload as a specific type and use front matter content to determine type and set properties
upload to a specific space

Goal:

Maximize data integrity from other apps as best as possible. Requested apps:

Notion
Obsidian
Roam
Logseq
RemNote

Supported syntax:

#hashtag for tags
front matter properties try to match to properties of type
tags in front matter
if front matter specifies a type try to match that to a capacities type

June 29, 2022

Brandon H

OneNote would be great as well

Angel Gonzalez

Evernote Please!!!

Sahassawas Tanyakan

can possible upload zip from markdown too

Aric Crosson Bouwers

Giving us access to an import api would be wildly helpful. Then we could build our own import tools with unsupported platforms, or platforms that don’t offer markdown exports.. I’m mentioning Supernotes specifically which exports and complex json structure

Ahmed Virani

Just wanted to shift from zoho notes to capacities but transfer of the data between the two apps not possible

Buffalo Codes

Found capacities over the weekend and was very excited to move till I realised this wasn't possible. Love the ethos around it being focused on an individual as most tools focused on teams

If this is isn't done soon though then I may have to find a different tools sadly.

Marjan Venema

Please don't focus this only on importing from other note taking apps! That's usually a one-off exercise.
What's much more frequent is starting a list of stuff you want to have in Capacities. That would be much better served through a "simple" import from csv or json and much appreciated.
For example, I (extremely) regularly want to import a list of [X].
What I do now is to 
create a blank custom object (type) first so what I import is easily findable/accessible.
go to list mode and enter titles and descriptions of stuff I want to expand on later.
add custom properties as needed.
expand (enter property values) for each item, either in list view or going through the list in preview mode.
csv / json import - even with only the default properties after creating a blank custom object (type) - would be extremely useful in this use case - as I often get my lists by querying something else and downloading that as csv or json.

Samuel Leslie

I'd love to move off Dynalist but without a suitable import system Capacities isn't practical. Hopefully this feature addresses this.

Ralf Mörler

Import of a Logseq Graph would be great.

Thanks for working on the import feature.

Martin Templeton

Evernote please.

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