Post by abraxas86 in Export collections to CSV comments

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I couldn't find any way to automate the ability to export the "type" of each item. There's nothing in the data that seems to differentiate one thing from another.

The best I could do was export the "blurb" part of the code... it would mean manually updating the blurb for each item, which I get sucks, but on the plus side if you accidentally wipe your database again, the manually-entered blurbs should still be in tact on the site so you can just export and run with it again.

Version 3.5 should be the version on the Gist page now. I did some testing and it seemed to work consistently. Let me know if it works okay for what you need if you use it.

IntuitiveTinker162 days ago(+1)

I downloaded 3.5, and the test run did work as expected. Adding blurbs to every item on the itch.io side may take a little while, but it will still save me a mountain of time instead of tailoring each entry on the other end, since the interface for the database software I use is kind of annoying, if I'm being honest.

And as you mentioned, if something happens to my database again (which it better not, I'm backing that thing up on two extra drives now), having all that information pre-set will expedite the process in the future. I think this was a good and dynamic solution.

Thank you for investigating, and for modifying your script to accommodate this request.

abraxas86162 days ago

No problem! It's kind of interesting that the "tags" don't seem to be publicly facing. They clearly exist because we can search for things like "music" and get relevant results back, but those tags don't seem to exist in any public-facing place.

I wish Itch put some effort into better ways for us to export and manage our library data.

You're welcome for the update, and thank you for putting my script to use and for the great suggestion!