Powershell script to download the latest backup from Todoist

Get-TodoistBackup.ps1

# Get-TodoistBackup.ps1
# Created By: Daniel Smith [email protected]
#
# Download the latest backup from Todoist
#

$token = ""


# get list of backups from Todoist
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://todoist.com/API/v6/backups/get -Body "token=$token" -Method Post
$code = $response.StatusCode
If ( $code -ne "200" )
{
    Write-Error "unexpected response status code: $code"
    Exit
}

# extract first backup
$backups = ConvertFrom-Json $response.Content
$url = $backups[0].url
$date = Get-Date $backups[0].version -Format FileDateTime
If ( -not $url )
{
    Write-Error "no backups seem to exist"
    Exit
}

# specify output file path/name
$fileExtension = $url.split(".")[-1]
If ( $fileExtension.length -gt 5 -or $fileExtension.length -lt 2 )
{
    Write-Host "using default file extension of zip"
    $fileExtension = "zip"
}
$filePath = "$PSScriptRoot\data\$date.$fileExtension"

# create directory, if needed
$parentDir = Split-Path -Path $filePath -Parent
If ( (Test-Path $parentDir) -eq 0 )
{
    Write-Host "creating directories: $parentDir"
    New-Item -Path $parentDir -Type directory
}

# download file
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -Method Get -OutFile $filePath

Paul Halliday @ Todoist has been so kind as to fix this script for v7 where the download now requires the token as well.

https://gist.github.com/PaulHalliday/39f6b92164ae9c8df0016509971b4f93

I've added a version with logging and win10 notifications on failure here https://gist.github.com/arberg/5c905272dd3ba41d767e0907b46cd675

Great news! 👍