shaarli/doc/Backup,-restore,-import-and-export.md

#Backup, restore, import and export

Backup and restore the datastore file

Backup the file data/datastore.php (by FTP or SSH). Restore by putting the file back in place.

Example command:

rsync -avzP my.server.com:/var/www/shaarli/data/datastore.php datastore-$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M).php

Export links as...

To export links as an HTML file, under Tools > Export, choose:

• Export all to export both public and private links
• Export public to export public links only
• Export private to export private links only

Restore by using the Import feature.

• This can be done using the shaarchiver tool.[](.html)

Example command:

./export-bookmarks.py --url=https://my.server.com/shaarli --username=myusername --password=mysupersecretpassword --download-dir=./ --type=all

Import links from...

Diigo

If you export your bookmark from Diigo, make sure you use the Delicious export, not the Netscape export. (Their Netscape export is broken, and they don't seem to be interested in fixing it.)

Mister Wong

See this issue for import tweaks.[](.html)

SemanticScuttle

To correctly import the tags from a SemanticScuttle HTML export, edit the HTML file before importing and replace all occurences of tags= (lowercase) to TAGS= (uppercase).[](.html)