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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. ryancwalsh/stack-exchange-backup-laravel ActivePackage[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) ryancwalsh/stack-exchange-backup-laravel ======================================== My aim is to back up all of my questions and answers and anything else valuable in my accounts across all of the StackExchange sites (StackOverflow, SuperUser, https://apple.stackexchange.com/, https://askubuntu.com/, etc). 2.0.8(5y ago)4262[2 PRs](https://github.com/ryancwalsh/StackExchangeBackupLaravelPHP/pulls)PHPPHP ^7.3CI passing Since Sep 13Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ryancwalsh/StackExchangeBackupLaravelPHP)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ryancwalsh/stack-exchange-backup-laravel)[ RSS](/packages/ryancwalsh-stack-exchange-backup-laravel/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (7)Dependencies (6)Versions (7)Used By (0) StackExchangeBackupLaravel ========================== [](#stackexchangebackuplaravel) Allows you to export JSON files of your most important data (questions, answers, comments, favorites) from each of your Stack Exchange sites (Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault, etc). Installation ------------ [](#installation) 1. I think this project requires PHP 7.3 or later, so be sure that your system complies. 2. Sign up at to receive a Client ID, Client Secret, and Key. (It's free, easy, and fast.) 3. Create a Laravel project, and make sure that it works: (e.g. `composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel stackExchangeBackupDemo`) 4. Add this package into your Laravel project: `vagrant@vboxHomestead:~/Code/MyLaravelProject$ composer require ryancwalsh/stack-exchange-backup-laravel:^2.0.6` (but use whatever the latest release tag number is at ). 5. Run `php artisan vendor:publish`, and if it gives you a choice, choose to publish from this package. 6. Edit your Laravel project's `.env` file to have your own StackApps values. A non-working sample is below. 7. Run `php artisan exportStackExchange`. There are also these options available: 1. `php artisan exportStackExchange --forgetCache` is an available option to clear the cached access code value. 2. `php artisan exportStackExchange --code="YOUR_CODE"` is an available option to provide a code that you've already retrieved from StackExchange. 3. `php artisan exportStackExchange --S3=false` is an available option to skip uploading to Amazon S3. 8. Following the instructions in the terminal, you'll use your browser to visit a URL that will provide you with a temporary access token to paste into the terminal. 9. Finished! The JSON files will appear in your `/storage/app/StackExchange` folder, and a zip of those files will appear in S3. ``` # These are sample .env values: STACKAPPS_CLIENT_ID=12227 STACKAPPS_CLIENT_SECRET=ydxGSDFHDF4DtZqCesr)yJIw(( STACKAPPS_KEY=JuWsTgfG2CqjdghkhdgBkQ(( AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAmb3mbn56mn6 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=jl234k5jl23k45j23lj5 AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1 AWS_BUCKET=xyz ``` If You Use This Package, Let Me Know! ------------------------------------- [](#if-you-use-this-package-let-me-know) **This is the first package that I've ever made, and I'm super curious if anyone will ever use it. If you do try it out, I'd love for you to [open an issue](https://github.com/ryancwalsh/StackExchangeBackupLaravelPHP/issues/new) to say hi** (and of course to tell me any suggestions you have). --- ### If You Want To Get Creative... [](#if-you-want-to-get-creative) Visit to read the docs, and you can modify `ExportStackExchangeHelper.php` to do whatever you want. The Stack Exchange API is great. ### Other Resources That Helped Me [](#other-resources-that-helped-me) - I made this README.md file using . - Problems for Ryan locally. Workaround / hack. ============================================= [](#problems-for-ryan-locally-workaround--hack) The easier way to do what is shown in "Older notes" --------------------------------------------------- [](#the-easier-way-to-do-what-is-shown-in-older-notes) 2024-07-06\_135807\_ET 1. In WSL (currently Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), and the terminal will ask you for your password. Provide it. Otherwise you'll get nameserver errors later. 2. Run `cd /mnt/c/code/stackExchangeBackupDemo2 && php artisan exportStackExchange --forgetCache`. 3. Visit and log in. 4. In the left panel, click Saved > stackoverflow. 5. change value of "code" to the value from the URL from the first step. 6. Click send. 7. From the new URL, copy the access token. 8. Paste the access token into the "get" function (see FIXNOW) in `C:\code\stackExchangeBackupDemo2\vendor\ryancwalsh\stack-exchange-backup-laravel\src\ExportStackExchangeHelper.php`. [\#11 (comment)](https://github.com/ryancwalsh/StackExchangeBackupLaravelPHP/issues/11#issuecomment-824137479) [https://stackapps.com/questions/10497/suddenly-getting-couldnt-parse-client-id?noredirect=1#comment20685\_10497](https://stackapps.com/questions/10497/suddenly-getting-couldnt-parse-client-id?noredirect=1#comment20685_10497) Older notes (stale?) -------------------- [](#older-notes-stale) [https://stackapps.com/questions/10497/suddenly-getting-couldnt-parse-client-id#comment20685\_10497](https://stackapps.com/questions/10497/suddenly-getting-couldnt-parse-client-id#comment20685_10497)By posting into reqbin.com/post-online in x-www-form-urlencoded mode instead of application/json, I'm able to retrieve an access\_token. url: [https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access\_token/json](https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token/json) payload: client\_id=**(from\_laravel.log)**\_\_ client\_secret=**(from\_laravel.log)**\_\_ code=**(from\_browser\_URL)**\_\_ redirect\_uri=[https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login\_success](https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success) Get the access\_token from the result. Put a line like `return json_encode(['access_token'=> 'Ke4q2tsof5yfPUTf']);` as the first line of `public function getAccessTokenJson()` in `C:\code\stackExchangeBackupDemo2\vendor\ryancwalsh\stack-exchange-backup-laravel\src\ExportStackExchangeHelper.php`. In a new VSC window, open C:\\code\\stack-exchange-backup-laravel\\src\\ExportStackExchangeHelper.php in its project. Note that this is NOT symlinked to C:\\code\\stackExchangeBackupDemo2\\vendor\\ryancwalsh\\stack-exchange-backup-laravel\\src\\ExportStackExchangeHelper.php ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance54 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity12 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity57 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 74.1% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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