pinterest-exporter v1.0.3
Pinterest Exporter
This is a simple tool to create a local backup of your Pinterest pins. It downloads the original pinned image and optionally saves all available information.
Installation
npm install -g pinterest-exporterUsage
Go to the Pinterest Token generator, create a new token and pass it to this tool as an argument.
pinterest-exporter <TOKEN>Options
Output Folder
Per default your pins will get saved in a new subfolder of the current directory, named "boards". Using -o you can specify a custom path:
pinterest-exporter <TOKEN> -o ../MyPinterestPins/Save Additional Information
Per default only the image of your pins get saved. When the option -s is passed to the tool, a JSON-file while be created for each pin, containing additional data on the pin, such as the creation date and the link to the page the pin was saved from.
pinterest-exporter <TOKEN> -sVerbose Mode
Per default the tool only notifies you when it has finished downloading all pins from a board. When the option -v is passed to the tool, it will print a log after every pin that has been downloaded.
pinterest-exporter <TOKEN> -vRunning Pinterest-Exporter as a Cronjob
Since pinterest-exporter only downloads new pins running it as a cronjob is a good way to get continous backups. To set it up as a cronjob that runs every day at 11:00, run crontab -e and enter this:
PATH=/usr/local/bin
0 11 * * * /usr/local/bin/pinterest-exporter -s -o /AbsolutePath/To/BackupFolder <Token>