title: How can I import a mid-size JSON export into Etherpad Lite?
body: <p>I am trying to migrate a single pad from an externally hosted Etherpad
  Lite instance to a self hosted one. I would like to preserve the pad
  history.</p>
  
  <p>As I can not access the backend, I exported an <code>*.etherpad</code> JSON file of
  about 2.7 MB size via the original pad's web interface.</p>
  
  <p>Trying to import this via the web interface in the new pad apparently
  uploads the file, but then yields the error "<em>Import failed: Please copy and paste</em>".</p>
  
  <p>There apparently are no errors on the browser's JS console.</p>
  
  <p>The server console also displays no errors.</p>
  
  <p>As I have console access, I could also import the file on the command line, but I could not find a script in the Etherpad Lite installation to do this.</p>
  
  <p>How can I import the <code>*.etherpad</code> JSON file into the new pad, preserving the
  history?</p>