anyproto / anyproto/anytype-cli

Feature Request: Export Command

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enhancement
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Go
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Description

Have you read a contributing guide?
  • I have read CONTRIBUTING.md
  • I have searched the existing requests and didn't find any that were similar
  • I have considered creating a pull request instead and want to proceed
Clear and concise description of the problem

Hello! Thanks for all your effort. AnyType is amazing.

I find myself wanting the insurance of being able to export my data as a generally readable format (markdown). And I realize that the AnyType app lets you do this with a button, but I'd love to automate the process.

Having a command in the cli that does the same thing as the AnyType app would enable that, and I think it's a highly desired feature from searching through the community forums.

Suggested solution
# Suggested CLI...
Usage:
  anytype export [options] <space-id>

Export a space.
  
EXPORT OPTIONS
  -d, --destination DIR            The output destination (defaults to .)
  -f, --format FORMAT              The export format: (markdown, anyblock)
  -e, --encoding ENCODING          If exporting to anyblock, one of: (json, protobuf)
  --files                          Include files
  --archived                       Include archived
  -a, --all                        Include files and archived objects
Alternative

No response

Additional context

If I got a briefing on how exporting works in the app I could try to contribute a pull request, but I'm totally new to this codebase so i'm not sure where to start.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the anytype-cli registers commands and handles a space-id, then investigate how the AnyType app performs space export. Define the command's destination, format, encoding, files, and archived options from the request, and consider how markdown, anyblock JSON, and protobuf output should be verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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