Import

Note

Importing data is only available for premium users.

Import Server

Apply the server settings, channels and roles described in a JSON file to your server. The usual source is a file from /export guild, which makes an import the way to move an exported structure onto a different server, or back onto this one.

Caution

By default an import replaces the channels and roles you have now, the same way loading a backup does. Run /backup create first if the server has anything worth keeping, or use the options below to narrow what it touches.

/import guild json_file options

json_file required

The JSON file containing the server data. It has to match the shape Discord uses for a guild, which is the shape /export guild produces. See the guild object in Discord’s documentation.

options optional

A list of arguments, separated by a space. Putting a ! in front of an argument disables it, * enables all of them and !* disables all of them.

Values

settings channels delete-channels roles delete-roles

Default

delete-channels channels delete-roles roles settings

/import guild json_file: [FILE] options: !roles !delete-roles

Imports the channel layout and leaves your roles alone.

Writing a structure by hand

The file does not have to come from an export. Anything matching the guild object will import, so you can write one yourself or have a model write it for you.

If you use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, tell it explicitly to follow Discord’s guild format, because left to itself it will produce a plausible shape that does not import:

Generate the JSON for a Discord server about GTA roleplay.
Follow the official Discord API specification for guild data.

Read what comes back before importing it. A generated structure is a first draft of a server rather than a finished one, and it is easier to fix in the file than in Discord afterwards.