Can you get the token needed to download backups via the API?

[paperdigits (Mica)]

I am trying to download backups via the API, but the docs say it requires a token in order to download the file. But I can’t find any docs and how I can obtain this token via the API. It seems to be present only in the email sent. Is manually downloading the backups via the email link the only way? Or can I obtain the necessary token via API?

[Lilly]

Hi @paperdigits welcome back

Did you happen to see this topic?

Download a backup with `wget`

For a seasoned sysadmin, the favored way of moving large files is a tool like rsync or scp, but sometimes, you don’t have ssh access to the host where you need to retrieve a large backup file. Because backup files contain sensitive information, Discourse’s has security features that make it very difficult for an unauthorized person to retrieve a backup. You must get a download link via email and use that link logged in as the user who requested it. If you want to download the data with a web br…

[paperdigits (Mica)]

Yes, I have. So the answer is “you can only get the token from the email,” is that correct?

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

You can get the token from rails, though I don’t know how offhand.

What problem are you solving? Are you trying to regularly copy backups to some other place?

@Lilly

Did you happen to see this topic?

I hadn’t seen that, which is very strange, since I wrote it. I thought I’d solved this problem before