[D8] Content Packager

This module eases the headache of trying to use Drupal to manage and create content and then package up that content (and only that content) for use in offline applications or for easy archiving.

This is distinct from a more common "migration" or "export" workflow; an export or migration is often less about deploying an asset bundle somewhere and more about moving data into and out of databases, with file assets left by the wayside or requiring command-line intervention to keep things from getting messy.

Initial configuration

A REST Export view that provides the entities you need (and JSON content for your application)
Visiting admin/config/content/content_packager to include necessary image styles and exclude some fields (like user images).

Core behavior

1. A user visits admin/content/package
2. The desired View is selected in the "Make a Content Package" section
3. The "Copy Files" button is clicked, kicking off a batch that iterates through a View's results and reviews Media field content. The batch will assemble a list of media files and then copy these files into the configured "content package" directory.
4. The "Zip Package" button is clicked and a zip archive of every file that has been saved to the "content package" directory. This part is optional and might fail depending on a mixture of server configuration and file sizes involved.

Project page

https://www.drupal.org/project/content_packager

Git Instructions

git clone --branch 8.x-1.x https://git.drupalcode.org/project/content_packager.git

PAReview checklist

https://pareview.sh/pareview/https-git.drupal.org-project-content_packager