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[Data Liberation] Create WP entity stream API for use by exporters

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Since Dec 19, 2024.

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For data liberation, we want an API for streaming WP entities from a site. Then we can export WP entities to multiple targets without having to solve the same entity traversal problems in each exporter. Some example exporters are:

  • WXR
  • WXR + assets package
  • Static HTML files
  • Markdown

The idea is to present the API as an entity iterator with a constructor that supports reentrancy.

Let's focus on a single, uninterrupted traversal for the first version of this API. I think we can implement reentrancy in a straightforward manner once the traversal flow is established.

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