Import/export buckets

[Erik Bjäreholt]

The only export we have now is for all the events in a bucket. None of the metadata needed to actually import the bucket is present in the current export.

I therefore propose a new export/import format on the form:

{
  "id": str,
  "hostname": str,
  "<other bucket metadata>": Any,
  "observing": str  # Idea for a new type of bucket metadata that could be: 
                    #  - "firefox" or "chrome" (for browser watcher)
                    #  - "macos", "windows", "xorg" or "wayland" (for window watcher)
  "events": List[Event]
}

Here is a arguably cleaner alternative that makes the export more like a pairing, which I like:

{
  "bucket": {
    "id": str,
    "hostname": str,
    "<other bucket metadata>": Any,
    "observing": str  # Idea for a new type of bucket metadata that could be: 
                      #  - "firefox" or "chrome" (for browser watcher)
                      #  - "macos", "windows", "xorg" or "wayland" (for window watcher)
  },
  "events": List[Event]
}

An alternative to the observing key would be to use namespaces (See issue #97)

• Encode the schema as a JSONSchema
• Do extensive testing

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[Erik Bjäreholt]

Started working on export here: ActivityWatch/aw-server#34

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[Erik Bjäreholt]

The main things in this issue have been completed. Closing.