Losant Git Export from REST API

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The recent ability to export to git repos is really useful. Is there anyway to do this automatically once a week? Looking at the REST API page for export it does not seem possible yet. Just curious if I was missing something or if there is some other intended solution.

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Out of the box, no, there is no way to export the application to Git on a schedule.

However, it would be very simple to automate this with a workflow. Something like …

  1. Timer Trigger, configured to export on your desired schedule / frequency.
  2. Losant API Node using the Application: Export action.

The body of the request would look like the following (you’ll need to delete the comments to make it valid JSON) …

{
  "includeDevices": true, // or false
  "includeDataTableRows": true, // or false
  "includeFiles": true, // or false
  "email": "your-email@example.com",
  "callbackUrl": "https://callback-example.com", // can omit this or email if desired, but not both
  "exportType": "repo",
  "credentialName": "NAME_OF_GIT_CREDENTIAL", // its name, not its ID
  "repo":{
    "branch":"BRANCH_TO_COMMIT_TO",
    "directory":"directory/path", // delete this if going to root
    "commitMessage": "MY COMMIT MESSAGE"
  },
  "forceJob":true
}

This doesn’t account for error handling, callbacks / notifications and the like but it should be enough to get you started.

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