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1## Backup and restore the datastore file
2
3Backup the file `data/datastore.php` (by FTP or SSH). Restore by putting the file back in place.
4
5Example command:
6```bash
7rsync -avzP my.server.com:/var/www/shaarli/data/datastore.php datastore-$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M).php
8```
9
10## Export links as...
11
12To export links as an HTML file, under _Tools > Export_, choose:
13
14- _Export all_ to export both public and private links
15- _Export public_ to export public links only
16- _Export private_ to export private links only
17
18Restore by using the `Import` feature.
19
20- This can be done using the [shaarchiver](https://github.com/nodiscc/shaarchiver) tool.
21
22Example command:
23```bash
24./export-bookmarks.py --url=https://my.server.com/shaarli --username=myusername --password=mysupersecretpassword --download-dir=./ --type=all
25```
26
27## Import links from...
28
29### Diigo
30
31If 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.)
32
33### Mister Wong
34
35See [this issue](https://github.com/sebsauvage/Shaarli/issues/146) for import tweaks.
36
37### SemanticScuttle
38
39To correctly import the tags from a [SemanticScuttle](http://semanticscuttle.sourceforge.net/) HTML export, edit the HTML file before importing and replace all occurences of `tags=` (lowercase) to `TAGS=` (uppercase).
40
41### Scuttle
42
43Shaarli cannot import data directly from [Scuttle](https://github.com/scronide/scuttle).
44
45However, you can use the third-party [scuttle-to-shaarli](https://github.com/q2apro/scuttle-to-shaarli)
46tool to export the Scuttle database to the Netscape HTML format compatible with the Shaarli importer.
47
48### Refind
49
50You can use the third-party tool [Derefind](https://github.com/ShawnPConroy/Derefind) to convert refind.com bookmark exports to a format that can be imported into Shaarli.
51
52## Import Shaarli links to Firefox
53
54- Export your Shaarli links as described above.
55 - For compatibility reasons, check `Prepend note permalinks with this Shaarli instance's URL (useful to import bookmarks in a web browser)`
56- In Firefox, open the bookmark manager (not the sidebar! `Bookmarks menu > Show all bookmarks` or `Ctrl+Shift+B`)
57- Select `Import and Backup > Import bookmarks in HTML format`
58
59Your bookmarks will be imported in Firefox, ready to use, with tags and descriptions retained. "Self" (notes) shaares will still point to the Shaarli instance you exported them from, but the note text can be viewed directly in the bookmark properties inside your browser. Depending on the number of bookmarks, the import can take some time.
60
61You may be interested in these Firefox addons to manage links imported from Shaarli
62
63- [Bookmark Deduplicator](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-deduplicator/) - provides an easy way to deduplicate your bookmarks
64- [TagSieve](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tagsieve/) - browse your bookmarks by their tags
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1### Decode datastore content
2
3To display the array representing the data saved in `data/datastore.php`, use the following snippet:
4
5```php
6$data = "tZNdb9MwFIb... <Commented content inside datastore.php>";
7$out = unserialize(gzinflate(base64_decode($data)));
8echo "<pre>"; // Pretty printing is love, pretty printing is life
9print_r($out);
10echo "</pre>";
11exit;
12```
13This will output the internal representation of the datastore, "unobfuscated" (if this can really be considered obfuscation).
14
15Alternatively, you can transform to JSON format (and pretty-print if you have `jq` installed):
16```
17php -r 'print(json_encode(unserialize(gzinflate(base64_decode(preg_replace("!.*/\* (.+) \*/.*!", "$1", file_get_contents("data/datastore.php")))))));' | jq .
18```
19
20### Changing the timestamp for a shaare
21
22- Look for `<input type="hidden" name="lf_linkdate" value="{$link.linkdate}">` in `tpl/editlink.tpl` (line 14)
23- Replace `type="hidden"` with `type="text"` from this line
24- A new date/time field becomes available in the edit/new link dialog.
25- You can set the timestamp manually by entering it in the format `YYYMMDD_HHMMS`.
26
27
28### See also
29
30- [Add a new custom field to shaares (example patch)](https://gist.github.com/nodiscc/8b0194921f059d7b9ad89a581ecd482c)
31- [Download CSS styles for shaarlis listed in an opml file](https://gist.github.com/nodiscc/dede231c92cab22c3ad2cc24d5035012)
32- [Copy an existing Shaarli installation over SSH, and serve it locally](https://gist.github.com/nodiscc/ed161c66e5b028b5299b0a3733d01c77)
33- [Create multiple Shaarli instances, generate an HTML index of them](https://gist.github.com/nodiscc/52e711cda3bc47717c16065231cf6b20)