PODIO Backup System - Restore using original item_ids

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Rudolph de Kock

• October 19, 2015 19:42

Hi I'm creating a backup script , and my backup script runs through all my workspaces saving the app ids with each item object returned as a serialised string , I then use a restore script , and get the entire object with all revisions , comments , relationship ids etc , basically exactly the object you get from PODIO via get_item.

The problem I have is when I run the restore on a test workspace , I delete all the items inside the app , and try to recreate the items with Podioitem::create , but I get a PHP error (Uncaught PodioGoneError: "Item has been deleted") is there a way I can create the new item and keep the item_id of the deleted item?

The reason I want to keep the item_id and not create a new item is to keep my relationship references between all my apps. maybe theres function you can add to you API that would allow the replacement of a deleted item_id. I think this would benefit all the developers trying to create a fully functional backup system.

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  Andreas Garnæs

  • October 20, 2015 07:14

  Hi Rudolph,

  There's unfortunately no way to keep the item id.

  Best,
  Andreas

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  Michelle

  • April 15, 2016 05:21

  This would not be required if Podio provided it's subscribers with an effective, incremental backup as part of a paid subscription.

  Ref: https://help.podio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200508368-Backup-Strategy?locale=en-us

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