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Matt Wiseley
2025-10-18 12:27:56 -04:00
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Todoist is a SaaS task manager. Todoist provides backups of current tasks, but d
- Exports all active and completed tasks from all projects (active and archived)
- Nests tasks under their respective projects, including all available fields
- Includes comments for each task
- Downloads attachments and references them in the JSON and HTML output
- Downloads attachments to `output/attachments/` and references them in the JSON and HTML output
- JSON and HTML files are named with the current date when the script is run
- Maintains `Todoist-Completed-History.json` so completed tasks older than Todoist's 90-day API window stay in future exports
@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Todoist is a SaaS task manager. Todoist provides backups of current tasks, but d
```bash
python export_todoist.py export
```
This will create `Todoist-Actual-Backup-YYYY-MM-DD.json` and `Todoist-Actual-Backup-YYYY-MM-DD.html` in the current directory, and it will update `Todoist-Completed-History.json` with every completed task encountered.
Keep `Todoist-Completed-History.json` somewhere safe (e.g., in source control or a backup location); it is the only way the exporter can retain completions older than Todoist's 90-day API retention window.
This will create `output/Todoist-Actual-Backup-YYYY-MM-DD.json` and `output/Todoist-Actual-Backup-YYYY-MM-DD.html`, and it will update `output/attachments/` with any downloaded files while leaving `Todoist-Completed-History.json` in the project root.
Keep `Todoist-Completed-History.json` somewhere safe (e.g., in source control or a backup location); it is the only way the exporter can retain completions older than Todoist's 90-day API retention window.
4. To see usage instructions, run the script with no arguments or any argument other than `export`.
## Requirements