Comments on: Todoist.com (and TodoistBackup.exe)

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:59:11 +0000

Works like a charm. Thanks!

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:39:58 +0000

Are you using Windows XP or Vista?

XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569
Vista: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/appcompat/aa906020.aspx

You’ll want the command line to be the path to Todoistbackup.exe

The two arguments are your API token (from Preferences | Account screen in todoist.com), and the output file name.

i.e.:
TodoistBackup.exe 1231231-31313123a C:\TodoistBackup.xml

Hope that helps!

By: L

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:10:06 +0000

It worked great.
Unfortunately, though, I am even more computer inept than the above poster. I have been trying to figure out how to make this run as a daily task, with the arguments and all, but everything I’ve tried has failed. If you get a chance, could you give me a super-basic run through of how to do such a thing? (I’ve been searching google and trying various solutions, but I’m messing it up somewhere).
Thanks!

By: gpzbc

gpzbc — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:03:31 +0000

Ah yes. I figured it out. Thank you very much.

Like you said, I’m not sure what I would do with this data if Todoist ever disappeared. But it is definitely reassuring to know that I now at least have the text file of all my tasks.

Thanks again!

By: Nic

Nic — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:12 +0000

Hi gpzbc. You should be able to just run TodoistBackup.exe with two arguments, your API token (look at your Preferences | Account screen, for “Web service token”), and the output file name:

TodoistBackup.exe [api token] [output file name]

By: gpzbc

gpzbc — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:57:06 +0000

Thanks for creating this. I love the idea. However, I am having a hard time figuring out how to use the program. Can you offer any advice?
Sorry to be such a noob.