Protobuf specification

ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ · August 22, 2023, 7:16pm

Good evening,

I’m looking for a specification to be able to create import data from an external source. The idea is that from a data source, I can make a procedure that creates the structure in protobuf format in order to import it into anytype.

Thanks for your advice.

Shampra · August 22, 2023, 8:18pm

I think this can help you?

github.com

anyproto/anytype-heart/blob/4957a1b2be26b9f4bd28a49c0a969db48ece5093/pkg/lib/pb/model/protos/models.proto

syntax = "proto3";
package anytype.model;
option go_package = "pkg/lib/pb/model";

import "google/protobuf/struct.proto";

message SmartBlockSnapshotBase {
    repeated Block blocks = 1;
    google.protobuf.Struct details = 2;
    google.protobuf.Struct fileKeys = 3;
    // deprecated
    repeated Relation extraRelations = 4;
    repeated string objectTypes = 5;
    google.protobuf.Struct collections = 6;
    repeated string removedCollectionKeys = 8;
    repeated RelationLink relationLinks = 7;
}

enum SmartBlockType {
    AccountOld = 0; // deprecated

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And you can see here, AT Team plan to introduce JSON import soon, if you prefer

zooky · August 28, 2023, 3:43pm

would it be possible for a pseudo programmer to use this?

I’m attempting to import to Anytpe from Craft notes and haven’t found any useful tools / methods.

ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ · September 4, 2023, 8:58am

Hi,

After looking at the source code, it’s clearly possible, but I think it’s quite time-consuming in terms of testing, because each source has its own specificities and we have to work out how to convert it to the target (anytype).

I looked and asked this question because I use logseq, in my use case there are types I use that don’t exist in anytype (whiteboard, pdf annotations, mermaid diagrams, plantuml).

So I won’t try to migrate. For now, even though I think Anytype has some great features and an architecture that seems more advanced and scalable.