Round and round the back-up rabbit hole

[chebe]

Last time I backed up my dreamwidth it was with an old barely functioning tool. This time I've found an updated, fully functioning method.

1. Set up your api key;
Go to Account Settings, and if you don't already have an API key, check the 'Generate a new API key' checkbox, click 'Save' and when the page reloads you'll have a key you can use in the 'Manage API Keys' section. You will use this instead of your actual account password (see here for details).

2. Clone the ljdump fork updated to work with python3;
git clone https://github.com/timmc/ljdump

3. Create your secrets config file;
cd ljdump
cp ljdump.config.sample ljdump.config
vim ljdump.config

where;
server = https://www.dreamwidth.org
username = your_account_name
password = your_api_key

4. Run the backup;
python ljdump.py

It will download your entries, comments (in XML), and userpics. Like magic.

Comments

[yarnandglue]

Hello! I was looking for blogs that talk about sewing and came across yours. I like your projects! You use very cool color schemes. Would it be alright to follow you?

[chebe]

Hello! Thank you kindly, and you're very welcome to follow. I tend to fail heavily on interaction, but you are all still welcome!

[yarnandglue]

Awesome! :D