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/)