DavidLozzi / TrelloToThings

Migrate Trello lists and cards to Things projects and tasks

Trello to Things

A super simple migration tool to move out of Trello into Things. I won't go into the reasons to make this move, but if you're looking to, this little script will help.

What migrates

Move from Trello

To Things

1. Your lists in Trello come over as Projects, and associated cards are added under their project
2. Card name and description
3. Activity on your card is appended to the description
4. Check lists are included
5. Labels are moved over, however, you have to create your tags first in Things
6. The due date is set as the deadline

How to migrate

Prerequisites

1. Export your data from Trello to tasks.json
2. Install NodeJS
3. Install Things
4. Download import.js and place it in the same folder as your tasks.json file

Migrate

1. Open terminal, navigate to the folder containing tasks.json and import.js
2. Type in node import.js
3. Your script will run, opening your Things app. Depending on how many cards you have, it could freeze up for a little as it's adding.
4. Once done, you'll see in the script DONE! Processed XXX cards.

Note the line above DONE!. If it states there were 0 errors, enjoy! then you're good! Otherwise, read on.

Handling Errors

there were 8 errors, scroll up to review, you may have to manually copy these.
DONE! Processed 154 cards

If you get errors in the migration, you should see a message similar to above. Scroll up in the terminal window and look for

*******


THE FOLLOWING ERRORED

This will indicate the start of the errors. The errors will include

Error #X

ListName\Card name - <link to trello card>

open "things:///add?this-is-the-url-used-to-add-to-things
and-the-url
may-span-mulitple-lines
but-that-should-be-okay

Error Message:
Error: something should be listed here

I did what I could to remove many errors due to formatting of content, however I couldn't catch them all. When I run this on over 240 tasks, I got 8 errors. I suggest if it does error, review the content in question, it might be easy enough to create those tasks manually.

You can also try copying the things:/// path, all lines included, and paste it in your browser. That sometimes works too.

Issues, requests, etc

If you have an issue with the script, or want to request a change, use the Issues tab and I'll see what I can do.

How to contribute

Want to add more to this? Make a pure shell version removing the need for Node? Please do! Just submit a PR, nothing fancy.

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