Script to export helpscout data

helpscout-export.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'helpscout'
require 'fileutils'

api_key = ARGV[0]
helpscout = HelpScout::Client.new(api_key)
helpscout.mailboxes.each do |box|
  FileUtils.mkdir(box.name) unless File.exists?(box.name)
  puts "Fetching #{helpscout.conversation_count(box.id, 'all', nil)} conversations for #{box.name}"
  helpscout.conversations(box.id, "all", nil).each do |c|
    next if File.exists?(path = "#{box.name}/#{c.id}.yaml")
    File.open(path, "w") {|f| f.puts helpscout.conversation(c.id).to_yaml; putc "."; sleep 0.5 }
  end
end