How to Create Persistent Rooms & Scenes in the alswl/excalidraw Fork for Long-Term Collaboration? #74
Description
Hello, I’m using the alswl/excalidraw fork (and its storage and collaboration setup), and I’m looking for a way to create a persistent document or “room” so I can come back to the same drawing a year from now. Right now, the real-time collaboration (room) seems to be ephemeral: after the server restarts or after a certain period, the room data disappears unless I manually save the scene data in /api/v2/scenes.
Is there an official or recommended way to generate a permanent link or room ID that we can store and return to much later, without having to build a custom REST endpoint? For example:
I’d like to create a new Excalidraw document via an API call (e.g., POST /api/v2/scenes) and get back some form of stable link or roomId that supports long-term collaboration.
I want to ensure that the same link will still load the exact same drawing in real-time collaboration mode, even months or a year later.
Do you have a built-in or documented approach for persistent rooms/scenes, or do I need to implement my own logic (e.g., modifying the code to save roomId in a database and reloading it)? Any insight on best practices or existing forks that already handle this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!