Trakt Backup

Backup user data from Trakt into JSON/CSV/XML format

Warning, you need to have a public account in order to use the API.

Online Version (No API key required)

You can use this script without having to create your own API key.

Simply go to:

https://iacoviola.pythonanywhere.com/backup

Enjoy 😃.

Setup

Clone the project and create the .env file

cd trakt_backup
cp .env.example .env

Trakt API key

• Create an API key here: https://trakt.tv/oauth/applications/new
  • Fill in the required fields (Name, Description and Redirect URI) and then press SAVE APP at the bottom of the page
• Copy the Client ID field inside the .env file
• Fill other fields in the .env file if you don't need to specify it when running the script

Requirements

Setup a venv and install requirements:

python3.9 -m venv ./venv

# If you use bash
source venv/bin/activate
# If you use fish
source venv/bin/activate.fish

pip install -r requirements.txt 

Usage

Interactive mode:

python ./trakt_backup.py -i

You can specify the username and format using the options:

python ./trakt_backup.py -u user -f csv

usage: trakt_backup.py [-h] [-i] [-u USERNAME] [-f FORMAT]

Backup your Trakt data

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --interactive
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Your Trakt username
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
                        File type to save your data in (json, csv, xml)

Cron

Want to backup periodically ? Simply setup a cron:

30 12 * * * root /<path>/trakt_backup/venv/bin/python /<path>/trakt_backup/trakt_backup.py

Every day at 12:30 (https://crontab.guru/)