Developing a Migration tool from Drupal to Storyblok: Engineering Look

The article discusses the evolution of content management systems, including the transition from monolithic CMS to headless architectures, and the challenges that it creates, especially when migrating from outdated systems to modern platforms. The author describes the experience of migration from Drupal to Storyblok, revealing the features of both systems.

🚀 Drupal uses the PHP-field entity model, whereas Storyblok uses the flexible structure of Stories and Blocks designed for headless delivery. These systems process content architecture quite differently.

💡 The author also shares the instructions for using the script for a simple but flexible migration of content from Drupal to Storyblok and the process of creating such a script.

• 📌 It is important to understand the features of both systems for successful migration
• 📌 Migration architecture planning is an important step
• 📌 Migration tool combines two main components: a special Drush team that is engaged in Maping and Content Transformation, and a new PHP client for API Storyblok
• 📌 For reliable and predicted migration it is important to ensure the reliability