# Import notes from Roam Research

**URL:** https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341
**Category:** How To
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341 "2020-06-12T12:37:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![rxs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/rxs/32/109_2.png) [@rxs](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/rxs)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341/1 "2020-06-12T12:37:16Z")

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Roam allows export of notes in json/md format.  
There existed a script to convert these into org-roam format.  
I no longer can find it either here or on github.  
Does anybody know where it is?

Thank you!

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### Author: ![rxs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/rxs/32/109_2.png) [@rxs](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/rxs)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341/2 "2020-06-12T13:01:36Z")

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Found it:

> **[fabioberger/roam-migration](https://github.com/fabioberger/roam-migration)**
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> Converts Roam Research exports to Org-roam compatible markdown - fabioberger/roam-migration

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### Author: ![slark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@slark](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/slark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341/3 "2021-08-30T01:49:17Z")

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I am new to org-mode. `roam-migration` gives me a directory of org files. After setting `org-roam-directory` to this directory, invoking `org-roam-node-find` does not return me any nodes. If I create a new node this way, I could find it after invoking `org-roam-node-find` though. Did I miss anything? Thanks a lot!

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### Author: ![slark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@slark](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/slark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/import-notes-from-roam-research/341/4 "2021-08-30T03:28:24Z")

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NVM. I figured it out. For future reader’s reference, you need to migrate to v2 via `org-roam-migrate-wizard` – this will convert filepath-based link to id-based link.
