I just wrote a simple program which can download a public user's feeds (+attachments) and save them to your local file system. This program has been written in java under the GNU Public License (freeware). You may download the program and the source files from - http://www.speedyshare.com/files...
Thanks Farhad. It's just a simple program. It doesn't download private feeds. If you have a private feed, you have to make it public during the backup process. If I find some time, I will make the next versions which should be able to do more :)
- ؛ patrick
I haven't done much error handling. If there is any issue, please let me know and I will fix them
- ؛ patrick
Thank You man. It Works! I download all my feeds, images and music files!
- Serkan Algur
cool :) I am glad it worked for you. you can actually use it for other people as well ;-)
- ؛ patrick
u're right but some people can say 'this is not ethic' but i can use :)))
- Serkan Algur
No, don't get me wrong. I meant, if someone is not technical, you can download their feeds for them. That's what I did for a friend of mine.
- ؛ patrick
You're right again :) Actually i didn't think about technical/non-technical people side :D Thanks Again!
- Serkan Algur
@Serkan, you are welcome. I didn't have much time to make it executable. It's hard for most of people to run programs from command line :))
- ؛ patrick
پتریک به کامنتم توجه نکردی! من میرم خودکشی میکنم :دی :)))
- Nima Nilian ★彡
@sia, did it cut your socket? I think you are right because I was able to download all my feeds but the second session failed in between. You have the source. You can actually change the source and run it for a single feed
- ؛ patrick
ها ها ها - بابا جان برو روی استارت ِ ویندوزت کلیک کن. بعد تایپ کن "سی ام دی" و انتر رو بزن. کامند پرامپت باز میشه. بعد باید اون یکی رو که توی نقل قول گذاشتم تایپ کنی و به من بگی چی میگیری
- ؛ patrick
سزار جان اینی که گفتی دقیقن درست. نیما و بقیه دوستان هم باید به این مرحله که تو هستی برسن که بتونن برنامه را اجرا کنن. نکته اش در اینه که نباید روی فایلی که پسوندش ".جار" هست دبل کلیک کنی. توی همون کامند که هستی، باید بری توی اون دایرکتوری که برنامه هست و دستوری که توی فایل "رید-می-دات-تکست" هست را اجرا کنی. توی کامنت بعدیم برات دوباره می نویسمش که اشتباهی چیز دیگری نزنی
- ؛ patrick
c:\myfolder> java -jar ffbackup.jar patrickestarian c:/backup/ff
- ؛ patrick
میتونی با هر تکست ادیتوری بازش کنی. میتونی هم با برازر (مثلن همین فایر فاکس) بازش کنی. ولی معمولن بهترین کار اینه که یک برنامه اکس ام ال ادیتور استفاده کنی
- ؛ patrick
LOL, is that supposed to be good for me? :))) and BTW, did it work for you?
- ؛ patrick
Thank you! and I am glad it's helpful. I am working on a better version. If time permits, I will add directs and other discussions to the backup.
- ؛ patrick
I'm trying this out. Advance many thanks for continuing to code apps for FriendFeed. You rock!
- AJ Batac
Thanks AJ. Please let me know if you have any problem.
- ؛ patrick
@Greg, that's what some other users reported. Did it die when it was downloading an mp3?
- ؛ patrick
ok, thanks. I will try to find the problem and fix it.
- ؛ patrick
Thank you very much for this! I dropped a link to this post in Archive Team's IRC channel. Maybe they will add this to their list of site specific backup tools on their wiki: http://www.archiveteam.org
- April Russo
I am having the same problem with it dying while trying to download an mp3. "Unknow content type: audio/mpeg Downloading (5428511 bytes) ... to: ERROR: Could not perform the request. The root cause is: java.lang.StringIndexOu tOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1"
- April Russo
Thank you very much April. And sorry for the inconvenience. I spent a few more hours on the program and version 1.1 is on the way. It must fix the OutOfMemoryError and OutOfBoundsException and also I have new features such as authentication, direct and discussions, and better file names. I am a little tired now. Hopefully I will release it tomorrow. Please stay tuned ;-)
- ؛ patrick
Given that FF search isn't working so often, I could use this to make a copy of my stuff and search locally. However, I just haven't got the tech-savvy to make this work. Sounds cool for those who can.
- Spidra Webster
I commented back on that link Patrick. Pasting it here:
- AJ Batac
1) I have more than 30GB of free space and running a machine with 4GB of RAM 2) I was here when it stopped. http://friendfeed.com/ajbatac... don't know if that's the reason. So honestly I don't know how to answer your question. Question: If I run it again, using the same parameters. Would it: a) Start where it ended? b) Overwrite the current XML files c) Create duplicates?
- AJ Batac
@Spidra, do you have problem with running the program? please let me know what you have done so far. You have to 1- download the file from the URL that I provided in the title of this link. 2- extract the .zip file under c:/ffbackup 3- open README.TXT and follow the instructions 4- if still you have problem, send a comment here and I will help you with that
- ؛ patrick
@AJ, thanks. I saw your reply. I have made a new version (1.1.0) which should fix that problem. I will post another link when it's ready. Thanks again
- ؛ patrick
پتریک میشه اگه وقت داشتی فکری هم بحال توئیتر کنی لطفا؟ همه اون سایتهایی که از توئیتها بک آپ میگیرند انگلیسی زبان هستند و با فارسی مشکل دارند اساسا!
- Nima Nilian ★彡
آره نیما. حتمن اگر فرصتی شد اون رو هم انجام میدم. فعلن دارم ورژن بعدی این برنامه رو کامل می کنم که برای کسانی که به راحتی نمی تونن برنامه جاوا اجرا کنن، کار راحت تر بشه. در ضمن امکانات جدید هم بهش اضافه کردم
- ؛ patrick
hi patrick, i dont why but i couldn't run the files. one of jar files (ffbackup.jar) does not respond at all and the other one (ffbackup-src.jar) shows an error that says "could not find the main class: org/patrickestarian/ff/Backup.Program will exit." how can i fix this? thanx for sharing..
- oteki