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API to download/export account data

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Description

Create an API to enable users to download or export their account data. Useful for backing up data, or for moving data to a server that doesn't support an alternate 'copy'/migrate mechanism.

Note: This issue is related but separate from #12 - Enable users to migrate/copy their accounts to another server.

Open considerations:

  • As @csarven mentioned, everything in the user's account should be exportable. What should the UI look like, for the user to select which data/containers they want exported?
  • What format will the user's data be in? (see #11 - Implement/ensure Portability of user data)

To do:

(Moved from https://github.com/solid/solid-spec/issues/68)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the open considerations and related issues #11 and #12, then inspect the ldnode implementation target and the profile-editor app. Done requires consensus on the account export API and data format, an ldnode implementation, and an Export Account link in profile-editor.

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Assessment

Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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