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+require 'mysql2'
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/base.rb")
+require 'htmlentities'
+begin
+  require 'php_serialize' # https://github.com/jqr/php-serialize
+rescue LoadError
+  puts
+  puts 'php_serialize not found.'
+  puts 'Add to Gemfile, like this: '
+  puts
+  puts "echo gem \\'php-serialize\\' >> Gemfile"
+  puts "bundle install"
+  exit
+end
+
+class ImportScripts::Question2Answer < ImportScripts::Base
+  BATCH_SIZE = 1000
+
+  # CHANGE THESE BEFORE RUNNING THE IMPORTER
+
+  DB_HOST ||= ENV['DB_HOST'] || "localhost"
+  DB_NAME ||= ENV['DB_NAME']
+  DB_PW ||= ENV['DB_PW']
+  DB_USER ||= ENV['DB_USER']
+  TIMEZONE ||= ENV['TIMEZONE'] || "America/Los_Angeles"
+  TABLE_PREFIX ||= ENV['TABLE_PREFIX'] || "qa_"
+  MAIN_APP_DB_NAME = "primary_db"
+
+  puts "#{DB_USER}:#{DB_PW}@#{DB_HOST} wants #{DB_NAME}"
+
+  def initialize
+    super
+
+    @old_username_to_new_usernames = {}
+
+    @tz = TZInfo::Timezone.get(TIMEZONE)
+
+    @htmlentities = HTMLEntities.new
+
+    @client = Mysql2::Client.new(
+      host: DB_HOST,
+      username: DB_USER,
+      password: DB_PW,
+      database: DB_NAME
+    )
+    rescue Exception => e
+      puts '=' * 50
+      puts e.message
+      puts <<EOM
+Cannot connect in to database.
+
+Hostname: #{DB_HOST}
+Username: #{DB_USER}
+Password: #{DB_PW}
+database: #{DB_NAME}
+
+Edit the script or set these environment variables:
+
+export DB_HOST="localhost"
+export DB_NAME=""
+export DB_PW='password'
+export DB_USER="root"
+export TABLE_PREFIX="qa_"
+
+Exiting.
+EOM
+      exit
+  end
+
+  def execute
+    import_users
+    import_categories
+    import_topics
+    import_posts
+    import_likes
+
+    post_process_posts
+    create_permalinks
+  end
+
+  def import_users
+    puts "", "importing users"
+
+    #only import users that have posted or voted on Q2A
+    user_count = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(id) count FROM #{MAIN_APP_DB_NAME}.users u WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p WHERE p.userid=u.id) or EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}uservotes u WHERE u.userid=u.id)").first["count"]
+    last_user_id = -1
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      users = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+          SELECT u.id, u.email, first_name, last_name, u.created_at, last_sign_in_at, u.custom_field_1, u.website website, u.city city, u.state state, i.cdn_slug cdn_slug
+            FROM #{MAIN_APP_DB_NAME}.users u
+            LEFT JOIN #{MAIN_APP_DB_NAME}.images i
+            ON i.id=u.image_id
+           WHERE u.id > #{last_user_id} AND
+           (EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p WHERE p.userid=u.id) or EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}uservotes u WHERE u.userid=u.id))
+        ORDER BY u.id
+           LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+      SQL
+      ).to_a
+
+      break if users.empty?
+
+      last_user_id = users[-1]["id"]
+      before = users.size
+      users.reject! { |u| @lookup.user_already_imported?(u["id"].to_i) }
+
+      create_users(users, total: user_count, offset: offset) do |user|
+        email = user["email"].presence
+
+        username = @htmlentities.decode(user["email"]).strip.split("@").first
+        avatar_url = "https://your_image_bucket/#{user['cdn_slug']}" if user['cdn_slug']
+        {
+          id: user["id"],
+          name: "#{user['first_name']} #{user['last_name']}",
+          username: username,
+          website: user['website'],
+          email: email,
+          avatar_url: avatar_url,
+          custom_fields: user["custom_field_1"] ? { user_field_1: user["custom_field_1"] } : {},
+          location: user["city"] && user["state"] ? "#{user['city']}, #{user['state']}" : nil,
+          created_at: user["created_at"],
+          last_seen_at: user["last_sign_in_at"],
+          post_create_action: proc do |u|
+            @old_username_to_new_usernames[user["username"]] = u.username
+          end
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_categories
+    puts "", "importing top level categories..."
+
+    categories = mysql_query("SELECT categoryid, parentid, title, position FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}categories ORDER BY categoryid").to_a
+
+    top_level_categories = categories.select { |c| c["parentid"].nil? }
+
+    create_categories(top_level_categories) do |category|
+      {
+        id: category["categoryid"],
+        name: @htmlentities.decode(category["title"]).strip,
+        position: category["position"]
+      }
+    end
+
+    puts "", "importing children categories..."
+
+    children_categories = categories.select { |c| !c["parentid"].nil? }
+    top_level_category_ids = Set.new(top_level_categories.map { |c| c["categoryid"] })
+
+    # cut down the tree to only 2 levels of categories
+    children_categories.each do |cc|
+      while !top_level_category_ids.include?(cc["parentid"])
+        cc["parentid"] = categories.detect { |c| c["categoryid"] == cc["parentid"] }["parentid"]
+      end
+    end
+
+    create_categories(children_categories) do |category|
+      {
+        id: category["categoryid"],
+        name: @htmlentities.decode(category["title"]).strip,
+        position: category["position"],
+        parent_category_id: category_id_from_imported_category_id(category["parentid"])
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_topics
+    puts "", "importing topics..."
+
+    topic_count = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(postid) count FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts WHERE type in ('Q', 'Q_HIDDEN')").first["count"]
+
+    last_topic_id = -1
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      topics = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+          SELECT p.postid, p.type, p.categoryid, p.closedbyid, p.userid postuserid, p.views, p.created, p.title, p.content raw
+            FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p
+           WHERE p.postid > #{last_topic_id}
+           and p.parentid IS NULL
+           and type IN ('Q', 'Q_HIDDEN')
+        ORDER BY p.postid
+           LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+      SQL
+      ).to_a
+
+      break if topics.empty?
+
+      last_topic_id = topics[-1]["postid"]
+      topics.reject! { |t| @lookup.post_already_imported?("thread-#{t["postid"]}") }
+
+      create_posts(topics, total: topic_count, offset: offset) do |topic|
+        begin
+          raw = preprocess_post_raw(topic["raw"])
+        rescue => e
+          puts e.message
+        end
+
+        topic_id = "thread-#{topic["postid"]}"
+        t = {
+          id: topic_id,
+          user_id: user_id_from_imported_user_id(topic["postuserid"]) || Discourse::SYSTEM_USER_ID,
+          title: @htmlentities.decode(topic["title"]).strip[0...255],
+          category: category_id_from_imported_category_id(topic["categoryid"]),
+          raw: raw,
+          created_at: topic["created"],
+          visible: topic["closedbyid"].to_i == 0 && topic["type"] != 'Q_HIDDEN',
+          views: topic["views"],
+        }
+        t
+      end
+
+      # uncomment below lines to create permalink
+      topics.each do |thread|
+        topic_id = "thread-#{thread["postid"]}"
+        topic = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(topic_id)
+        if topic.present?
+          title_slugified = slugify(thread["title"], false, 50) if thread["title"].present?
+          url_slug = "#{thread["postid"]}/#{title_slugified}" if thread["title"].present?
+          Permalink.create(url: url_slug, topic_id: topic[:topic_id].to_i) if url_slug.present? && topic[:topic_id].present?
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+
+  def slugify(title, ascii_only, max_length)
+    words = title.downcase.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/, '').split(" ")
+    word_lengths = {}
+
+    words.each_with_index do |word, idx|
+      word_lengths[idx] = word.length
+    end
+
+    remaining = max_length
+    if word_lengths.inject(0) {|sum, (k,v)| sum + v } > remaining
+      word_lengths = Hash[word_lengths.sort {|x,y| y[1] <=> x[1]}]
+      word_lengths.each do |idx, word_length|
+        if remaining > 0
+          remaining -= word_length
+        else
+          words[idx] = nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    words = words.compact.join("-")
+  end
+
+  def import_posts
+    puts "", "importing posts..."
+
+    post_count = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+      SELECT COUNT(postid) count
+        FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p
+       WHERE p.parentid IS NOT NULL
+    SQL
+    ).first["count"]
+
+    last_post_id = -1
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      posts = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+          SELECT p.postid, p.type, p.parentid, p.categoryid, p.closedbyid, p.userid, p.views, p.created, p.title, p.content
+            FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p
+           WHERE p.parentid IS NOT NULL
+             AND p.postid > #{last_post_id}
+             AND type in ('A')
+             AND closedbyid IS NULL
+        ORDER BY p.postid
+           LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+      SQL
+      ).to_a
+
+      break if posts.empty?
+      last_post_id = posts[-1]["postid"]
+      posts.reject! { |p| @lookup.post_already_imported?(p["postid"].to_i) }
+
+      create_posts(posts, total: post_count, offset: offset) do |post|
+        begin
+	        raw = preprocess_post_raw(post["content"])
+        rescue => e
+          puts e.message
+        end
+        next if raw.blank?
+        next unless topic = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id("thread-#{post["parentid"]}")
+
+        p = {
+          id: post["postid"],
+          user_id: user_id_from_imported_user_id(post["userid"]) || Discourse::SYSTEM_USER_ID,
+          topic_id: topic[:topic_id],
+          raw: raw,
+          created_at: post["created"],
+        }
+        if parent = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(post["parentid"])
+          p[:reply_to_post_number] = parent[:post_number]
+        end
+        p
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_likes
+    puts "", "importing likes..."
+    likes = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+        SELECT postid, userid
+        FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}uservotes u
+        WHERE u.vote=1
+    SQL
+    ).to_a
+    likes.each do |like|
+      post = Post.find_by(id: post_id_from_imported_post_id("thread-#{like['postid']}"))
+      user = User.find_by(id: user_id_from_imported_user_id(like["userid"]))
+      begin
+        PostAction.act(user, post, 2) if user && post
+	    rescue => e
+        debugger
+	    end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def post_process_posts
+    puts "", "Postprocessing posts..."
+
+    current = 0
+    max = Post.count
+
+    Post.find_each do |post|
+      begin
+        new_raw = postprocess_post_raw(post.raw)
+        if new_raw != post.raw
+          post.raw = new_raw
+          post.save
+        end
+      rescue PrettyText::JavaScriptError
+        nil
+      ensure
+        print_status(current += 1, max)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def preprocess_post_raw(raw)
+    return "" if raw.blank?
+
+    # decode HTML entities
+    raw = @htmlentities.decode(raw)
+    raw = ActionView::Base.full_sanitizer.sanitize raw
+
+    # fix whitespaces
+    raw.gsub!(/(\\r)?\\n/, "\n")
+    raw.gsub!("\\t", "\t")
+
+    raw.gsub!('<br />', "\n")
+
+    # [HTML]...[/HTML]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[html\]/i, "\n```html\n")
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/html\]/i, "\n```\n")
+
+    # [PHP]...[/PHP]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[php\]/i, "\n```php\n")
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/php\]/i, "\n```\n")
+
+    # [HIGHLIGHT="..."]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[highlight="?(\w+)"?\]/i) { "\n```#{$1.downcase}\n" }
+
+    # [CODE]...[/CODE]
+    # [HIGHLIGHT]...[/HIGHLIGHT]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/?code\]/i, "\n```\n")
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/?highlight\]/i, "\n```\n")
+
+    # [SAMP]...[/SAMP]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/?samp\]/i, "`")
+
+    # replace all chevrons with HTML entities
+    # NOTE: must be done
+    #  - AFTER all the "code" processing
+    #  - BEFORE the "quote" processing
+    raw.gsub!(/`([^`]+)`/im) { "`" + $1.gsub("<", "\u2603") + "`" }
+    raw.gsub!("<", "&lt;")
+    raw.gsub!("\u2603", "<")
+
+    raw.gsub!(/`([^`]+)`/im) { "`" + $1.gsub(">", "\u2603") + "`" }
+    raw.gsub!(">", "&gt;")
+    raw.gsub!("\u2603", ">")
+
+    # [URL=...]...[/URL]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[url="?([^"]+?)"?\](.*?)\[\/url\]/im) { "[#{$2.strip}](#{$1})" }
+    raw.gsub!(/\[url="?(.+?)"?\](.+)\[\/url\]/im) { "[#{$2.strip}](#{$1})" }
+
+    # [URL]...[/URL]
+    # [MP3]...[/MP3]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/?url\]/i, "")
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\/?mp3\]/i, "")
+
+    # [MENTION]<username>[/MENTION]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[mention\](.+?)\[\/mention\]/i) do
+      old_username = $1
+      if @old_username_to_new_usernames.has_key?(old_username)
+        old_username = @old_username_to_new_usernames[old_username]
+      end
+      "@#{old_username}"
+    end
+
+    # [FONT=blah] and [COLOR=blah]
+    raw.gsub! /\[FONT=.*?\](.*?)\[\/FONT\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[COLOR=.*?\](.*?)\[\/COLOR\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[COLOR=#.*?\](.*?)\[\/COLOR\]/im, '\1'
+
+    raw.gsub! /\[SIZE=.*?\](.*?)\[\/SIZE\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[h=.*?\](.*?)\[\/h\]/im, '\1'
+
+    # [CENTER]...[/CENTER]
+    raw.gsub! /\[CENTER\](.*?)\[\/CENTER\]/im, '\1'
+
+    # [INDENT]...[/INDENT]
+    raw.gsub! /\[INDENT\](.*?)\[\/INDENT\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[TABLE\](.*?)\[\/TABLE\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[TR\](.*?)\[\/TR\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[TD\](.*?)\[\/TD\]/im, '\1'
+    raw.gsub! /\[TD="?.*?"?\](.*?)\[\/TD\]/im, '\1'
+
+    # [QUOTE]...[/QUOTE]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[quote\](.+?)\[\/quote\]/im) { |quote|
+      quote.gsub!(/\[quote\](.+?)\[\/quote\]/im) { "\n#{$1}\n" }
+      quote.gsub!(/\n(.+?)/) { "\n> #{$1}" }
+    }
+
+    # [QUOTE=<username>]...[/QUOTE]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[quote=([^;\]]+)\](.+?)\[\/quote\]/im) do
+      old_username, quote = $1, $2
+      if @old_username_to_new_usernames.has_key?(old_username)
+        old_username = @old_username_to_new_usernames[old_username]
+      end
+      "\n[quote=\"#{old_username}\"]\n#{quote}\n[/quote]\n"
+    end
+
+    # [YOUTUBE]<id>[/YOUTUBE]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[youtube\](.+?)\[\/youtube\]/i) { "\n//youtu.be/#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [VIDEO=youtube;<id>]...[/VIDEO]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[video=youtube;([^\]]+)\].*?\[\/video\]/i) { "\n//youtu.be/#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # More Additions ....
+
+    # [spoiler=Some hidden stuff]SPOILER HERE!![/spoiler]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[spoiler="?(.+?)"?\](.+?)\[\/spoiler\]/im) { "\n#{$1}\n[spoiler]#{$2}[/spoiler]\n" }
+
+    # [IMG][IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/akga3r.jpg[/IMG][/IMG]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[IMG\]\[IMG\](.+?)\[\/IMG\]\[\/IMG\]/i) { "[IMG]#{$1}[/IMG]" }
+
+    # convert list tags to ul and list=1 tags to ol
+    # (basically, we're only missing list=a here...)
+    # (https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397)
+    raw.gsub!(/\[list\](.*?)\[\/list\]/im, '[ul]\1[/ul]')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[list=1\](.*?)\[\/list\]/im, '[ol]\1[/ol]')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[list\](.*?)\[\/list:u\]/im, '[ul]\1[/ul]')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[list=1\](.*?)\[\/list:o\]/im, '[ol]\1[/ol]')
+    # convert *-tags to li-tags so bbcode-to-md can do its magic on phpBB's lists:
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\*\]\n/, '')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\*\](.*?)\[\/\*:m\]/, '[li]\1[/li]')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\*\](.*?)\n/, '[li]\1[/li]')
+    raw.gsub!(/\[\*=1\]/, '')
+
+    raw.strip!
+    raw
+  end
+
+  def postprocess_post_raw(raw)
+    # [QUOTE=<username>;<post_id>]...[/QUOTE]
+    raw.gsub!(/\[quote=([^;]+);(\d+)\](.+?)\[\/quote\]/im) do
+      old_username, post_id, quote = $1, $2, $3
+
+      if @old_username_to_new_usernames.has_key?(old_username)
+        old_username = @old_username_to_new_usernames[old_username]
+      end
+
+      if topic_lookup = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(post_id)
+        post_number = topic_lookup[:post_number]
+        topic_id    = topic_lookup[:topic_id]
+        "\n[quote=\"#{old_username},post:#{post_number},topic:#{topic_id}\"]\n#{quote}\n[/quote]\n"
+      else
+        "\n[quote=\"#{old_username}\"]\n#{quote}\n[/quote]\n"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # remove attachments
+    raw.gsub!(/\[attach[^\]]*\]\d+\[\/attach\]/i, "")
+
+    # [THREAD]<thread_id>[/THREAD]
+    # ==> http://my.discourse.org/t/slug/<topic_id>
+    raw.gsub!(/\[thread\](\d+)\[\/thread\]/i) do
+      thread_id = $1
+      if topic_lookup = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id("thread-#{thread_id}")
+        topic_lookup[:url]
+      else
+        $&
+      end
+    end
+
+    # [THREAD=<thread_id>]...[/THREAD]
+    # ==> [...](http://my.discourse.org/t/slug/<topic_id>)
+    raw.gsub!(/\[thread=(\d+)\](.+?)\[\/thread\]/i) do
+      thread_id, link = $1, $2
+      if topic_lookup = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id("thread-#{thread_id}")
+        url = topic_lookup[:url]
+        "[#{link}](#{url})"
+      else
+        $&
+      end
+    end
+
+    # [POST]<post_id>[/POST]
+    # ==> http://my.discourse.org/t/slug/<topic_id>/<post_number>
+    raw.gsub!(/\[post\](\d+)\[\/post\]/i) do
+      post_id = $1
+      if topic_lookup = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(post_id)
+        topic_lookup[:url]
+      else
+        $&
+      end
+    end
+
+    # [POST=<post_id>]...[/POST]
+    # ==> [...](http://my.discourse.org/t/<topic_slug>/<topic_id>/<post_number>)
+    raw.gsub!(/\[post=(\d+)\](.+?)\[\/post\]/i) do
+      post_id, link = $1, $2
+      if topic_lookup = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(post_id)
+        url = topic_lookup[:url]
+        "[#{link}](#{url})"
+      else
+        $&
+      end
+    end
+
+    raw
+  end
+
+  def create_permalinks
+    puts '', 'Creating Permalink File...', ''
+    #creates permalinks for q2a category links
+    Category.find_each do |category|
+      ccf = category.custom_fields
+
+      if ccf && ccf["import_id"]
+        url = category.parent_category ? "#{category.parent_category.slug}/#{category.slug}" : category.slug
+        Permalink.create(url: url, category_id: category.id) rescue nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def parse_timestamp(timestamp)
+    Time.zone.at(@tz.utc_to_local(timestamp))
+  end
+
+  def fake_email
+    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
+  end
+
+  def mysql_query(sql)
+    @client.query(sql, cache_rows: true)
+  end
+
+end
+
+ImportScripts::Question2Answer.new.perform