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* [https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/all XML Dump] (requires username and password). Delicious doesn't like it if you try to call this more than once an hour or so. [http://delicious.com/help/api API details]. | * [https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/all XML Dump] (requires username and password). Delicious doesn't like it if you try to call this more than once an hour or so. [http://delicious.com/help/api API details]. | ||
* [http://code.google.com/p/mysqlicious/ Mirror your Delicious bookmarks into a MySQL database] and [http://www.automateexcel.com/2005/02/13/backup_del_icio_us_with_excel/ Backup Del.icio.us with Excel], both using the Delicious API. | |||
* [http://ratafia.info/post/72095951/how-to-easily-back-up-your-delicious-bookmarks "How to easily back up your delicious bookmarks" at Ratafia Current] - using the Delicious API, cURL, Ruby, cron, etc. | |||
== Vital Signs == | == Vital Signs == | ||
Revision as of 05:35, 24 February 2009
Delicious is a social bookmarks site where you can post and tag sites using Yahoo's servers.
Backup Tools
- General Overview of backing up Delicious using the XML API. Up to date as of Sept 2008.
- When logged in: Settings -> Export - "creates a list of all your bookmarks in a format understandable by most browsers".
- XML Dump (requires username and password). Delicious doesn't like it if you try to call this more than once an hour or so. API details.
- Mirror your Delicious bookmarks into a MySQL database and Backup Del.icio.us with Excel, both using the Delicious API.
- "How to easily back up your delicious bookmarks" at Ratafia Current - using the Delicious API, cURL, Ruby, cron, etc.
Vital Signs
Stable?
Most of the engineers are gone from delicious; one ex-engineer describes that it's on "life support". And it's run by Yahoo, which is pruning unprofitable services aggressively.