migrate

Migrate metadata between fastlane’s deliver tool and App Store Connect CLI.

Quick Start

asc migrate import --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --fastlane-dir ./fastlane
asc migrate export --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --output-dir ./fastlane
asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane

Subcommands

import - Import metadata from fastlane directory structure
export - Export metadata to fastlane directory structure
validate - Validate fastlane metadata without uploading
metadata - Bridge to asc metadata commands

Commands

migrate import

Import metadata from fastlane directory structure:

asc migrate import --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --fastlane-dir ./fastlane
asc migrate import --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --fastlane-dir ./fastlane --dry-run

Flags:

--app - App Store Connect app ID (or ASC_APP_ID)
--version-id - App Store version ID (required unless Deliverfile app_version + platform)
--fastlane-dir - Path to fastlane directory (optional)
--dry-run - Preview changes without uploading
--output - Output format: json, table, markdown
--pretty - Pretty-print JSON output

Fastlane directory structure:

fastlane/
├── Deliverfile
├── metadata/
│   ├── en-US/
│   │   ├── name.txt            (App Info)
│   │   ├── subtitle.txt        (App Info)
│   │   ├── privacy_url.txt     (App Info)
│   │   ├── description.txt     (Version)
│   │   ├── keywords.txt        (Version)
│   │   ├── release_notes.txt   (Version)
│   │   ├── promotional_text.txt (Version)
│   │   ├── support_url.txt     (Version)
│   │   └── marketing_url.txt   (Version)
│   ├── review_information/
│   │   ├── first_name.txt
│   │   ├── last_name.txt
│   │   ├── email_address.txt
│   │   ├── phone_number.txt
│   │   ├── demo_user.txt
│   │   ├── demo_password.txt
│   │   ├── demo_required.txt
│   │   └── notes.txt
├── screenshots/
│   ├── en-US/
│   │   ├── iphone_65_1.png
│   │   └── ...

migrate export

Export current App Store metadata to fastlane directory structure:

asc migrate export --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --output-dir ./fastlane

Flags:

--app - App Store Connect app ID (or ASC_APP_ID)
--version-id - App Store version ID (required)
--output-dir - Output directory for fastlane structure (required)
--output - Output format: json, table, markdown
--pretty - Pretty-print JSON output

migrate validate

Validate fastlane metadata without making any API calls:

asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane
asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane --output table

Flags:

--fastlane-dir - Path to fastlane directory (required)
--output - Output format: json, table, markdown
--pretty - Pretty-print JSON output

Character limits checked:

Description: 4000 characters
Keywords: 100 characters
What’s New (release notes): 4000 characters
Promotional Text: 170 characters
Name: 30 characters
Subtitle: 30 characters

Deliverfile Support

The import command supports reading configuration from a Deliverfile:

# Deliverfile
app_identifier "com.example.myapp"
app_version "1.2.3"
platform "ios"

skip_metadata false
skip_screenshots false

Supported fields:

app_identifier - App bundle ID (used to resolve app ID)
app_version - App version string (used to resolve version ID)
platform - Platform: ios, osx, appletvos, visionos
skip_metadata - Skip metadata import
skip_screenshots - Skip screenshot import

Metadata Fields

App Info (App-level)

name.txt - App name
subtitle.txt - App subtitle
privacy_url.txt - Privacy policy URL

Version (Version-level)

description.txt - App description
keywords.txt - Keywords (comma-separated)
release_notes.txt - What’s new / release notes
promotional_text.txt - Promotional text
support_url.txt - Support URL
marketing_url.txt - Marketing URL

Review Information

first_name.txt - Contact first name
last_name.txt - Contact last name
email_address.txt - Contact email
phone_number.txt - Contact phone
demo_user.txt - Demo account username
demo_password.txt - Demo account password
demo_required.txt - Demo account required (true/false)
notes.txt - Review notes

Examples

Import from Fastlane

# Preview import
asc migrate import \
  --app "123456789" \
  --version-id "abc123" \
  --fastlane-dir ./fastlane \
  --dry-run

# Import metadata
asc migrate import \
  --app "123456789" \
  --version-id "abc123" \
  --fastlane-dir ./fastlane

Export to Fastlane

asc migrate export \
  --app "123456789" \
  --version-id "abc123" \
  --output-dir ./fastlane

Validate Before Import

# Validate fastlane metadata
asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane --output table

# If valid, import
if asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane --output json | jq -e '.valid'; then
  asc migrate import --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --fastlane-dir ./fastlane
fi

Migrate from Fastlane to asc metadata

# Export from fastlane format
asc migrate export \
  --app "APP_ID" \
  --version-id "VERSION_ID" \
  --output-dir ./fastlane

# Import into asc metadata format
asc migrate metadata pull \
  --app "APP_ID" \
  --version "1.2.3" \
  --dir "./metadata"

# Now use asc metadata commands
asc metadata push --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --dir "./metadata" --dry-run

Migration Workflow

From Fastlane to asc

Validate current fastlane metadata:

asc migrate validate --fastlane-dir ./fastlane

Import to App Store Connect:

asc migrate import --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --fastlane-dir ./fastlane

Pull into asc metadata format:

asc metadata pull --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --dir "./metadata"

Future updates use asc metadata:

asc metadata push --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --dir "./metadata"

From asc to Fastlane

Export current metadata:

asc migrate export --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --output-dir ./fastlane

Use with fastlane:
```
fastlane deliver
```

Screenshot Import

The import command supports uploading screenshots from the fastlane directory:

screenshots/
├── en-US/
│   ├── iphone_65_1.png
│   ├── iphone_65_2.png
│   ├── ipad_129_1.png
│   └── ...

Supported display types:

iphone_65 - iPhone 6.5” (iPhone 14 Plus, etc.)
iphone_61 - iPhone 6.1” (iPhone 14, etc.)
iphone_58 - iPhone 5.8” (iPhone X, etc.)
iphone_55 - iPhone 5.5” (iPhone 8 Plus, etc.)
iphone_47 - iPhone 4.7” (iPhone 8, etc.)
iphone_40 - iPhone 4” (iPhone SE 1st gen)
iphone_35 - iPhone 3.5” (iPhone 4S)
ipad_129 - iPad Pro 12.9”
ipad_pro_11 - iPad Pro 11”
ipad_105 - iPad 10.5”
ipad_97 - iPad 9.7”
applewatch - Apple Watch
appletv - Apple TV
mac - Mac

Validation Issues

Example validation output:

locale  field           severity  message                              length  limit
en-US   description     error     exceeds 4000 character limit         4123    4000
en-US   keywords        warning   keywords is empty (usually required)
es-ES   promotionalText error     exceeds 170 character limit          185     170

Error Count: 2
Warn Count: 1
Valid: false

Locale Normalization

Fastlane uses directory names like en-US, es-ES, ja, etc. The CLI automatically normalizes these to App Store Connect locale codes:

en-US → en-US
es-ES → es-ES
ja → ja
zh-Hans → zh-Hans
zh-Hant → zh-Hant

Skipped Items

The import command skips non-locale directories and reports them:

{
  "skipped": [
    {
      "path": "metadata/review_information",
      "reason": "special directory"
    },
    {
      "path": "metadata/trade_representative_contact_information",
      "reason": "skipped non-locale directory"
    }
  ]
}

Overview

Authentication

App Management

TestFlight & Builds

Review & Release

Media

Code Signing

Analytics & Reports

Monetization

Automation

Additional Commands

Quick Start

Subcommands

Commands

migrate import

migrate export

migrate validate

Deliverfile Support

Metadata Fields

App Info (App-level)

Version (Version-level)

Review Information

Examples

Import from Fastlane

Export to Fastlane

Validate Before Import

Migrate from Fastlane to asc metadata

Migration Workflow

From Fastlane to asc

From asc to Fastlane

Screenshot Import

Validation Issues

Locale Normalization

Skipped Items

Overview

Authentication

App Management

TestFlight & Builds

Review & Release

Media

Code Signing

Analytics & Reports

Monetization

Automation

Additional Commands

​Quick Start

​Subcommands

​Commands

​migrate import

​migrate export

​migrate validate

​Deliverfile Support

​Metadata Fields

​App Info (App-level)

​Version (Version-level)

​Review Information

​Examples

​Import from Fastlane

​Export to Fastlane

​Validate Before Import

​Migrate from Fastlane to asc metadata

​Migration Workflow

​From Fastlane to asc

​From asc to Fastlane

​Screenshot Import

​Validation Issues

​Locale Normalization

​Skipped Items

Quick Start

Subcommands

Commands

migrate import

migrate export

migrate validate

Deliverfile Support

Metadata Fields

App Info (App-level)

Version (Version-level)

Review Information

Examples

Import from Fastlane

Export to Fastlane

Validate Before Import

Migrate from Fastlane to asc metadata

Migration Workflow

From Fastlane to asc

From asc to Fastlane

Screenshot Import

Validation Issues

Locale Normalization

Skipped Items