Data Export

Export your Threadline account data as a machine-readable JSON file. Available on all plans, including Free.

How to Export

Sign in to your Threadline dashboard
Go to Settings → Privacy & Data
Click "Generate Export"
Your browser downloads the JSON immediately
We also email a download link that expires after 24 hours

What's Included

Data Type	Format	Details
Profile	JSON	Name, email, bio, plan, preferences, reputation
Comments	JSON array	Your comments (plaintext), timestamps, page URLs (up to 5,000)
Votes	JSON array	Upvotes and downvotes you cast
Reactions	JSON array	Emoji reactions you gave
Notifications	JSON array	In-app notification history
Subscriptions	JSON array	Billing subscriptions and TIP email subscriptions
Sites & team	JSON	Owned sites, memberships, invites, favorites, follows, blocks, reports
Referrals & ads	JSON	Referral activity and advertiser campaigns when present

API

Authenticated session endpoints:

POST /api/account/export — create export, email a 24h link, return download_url
GET /api/account/export — same generation, returns the JSON file as an attachment
GET /api/account/export/download?token=… — download via emailed token (410 after expiry)

{
  "exported_at": "2026-09-08T21:00:00.000Z",
  "export_version": 3,
  "expires_in_hours": 24,
  "user": { "id": "...", "display_name": "alice", "email": "alice@example.com", "plan": "pro" },
  "comments": [{ "id": "...", "content": "Hello", "thread_url": "https://example.com/post" }],
  "votes": [{ "comment_id": "...", "vote_type": "up" }],
  "reactions": [{ "comment_id": "...", "reaction_type": "insightful" }],
  "notifications": [{ "type": "reply", "is_read": true }],
  "subscriptions": [{ "plan": "pro", "status": "active" }],
  "tip_subscriptions": [{ "email": "alice@example.com", "status": "active" }]
}

No lock-in: Export is designed for portability. See TIP data portability.