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Backloggery
I used Backloggery to keep track of games I/I've own/owned, and how much I've played them.
Exporting
Decided to switch over to a local collection manager, so here're some note son moving my collection across with the two programs I've tried.
GCStar
Tellico
Tellico can import from a bunch of different sources, but in this case the only useful option is CSV.
- Using BLTool get a copy of your data:
java -jar bltool.jar --from backloggery --bl-name USERNAME --bl-pass PASSWORD --to text --output backloggery-export.csv
- Use regex to change the spaces between columns into single tabs.
In Geany I did this by highlighting the columns before the game name and presingCtrl
+H
to pen the find/replace dialogue. Then in the 'Search for:' box put+
and in the 'Replace with:' box put\t
.- Make sure all those unwanted space are gone. I still had a few before some game titles.
- If you use the 'original system' field you'll need to go delete that data too as it'll throw your columns off. Otherwise you could insert some tabs and make a custom field in Tellico if you want that info.
- In Tellico go
File > Import > Import CSV Data…
and select your file. - In the next dialogue you need to set the 'Delimiter' to 'Tab', and then assign the columns how you want.
- Hit import and you should be done!
- I ended up changing platform names and stuff by opening the XML file Tellico makes in a text editor. BLTools+Tellico also did some funny things with collections and completion status that I fixed up that was too.
Tools
BLTool
'A tool for command line interaction with backloggery.com'
Allows you to import games from Steam, XBox, text files. Allows export of games list.
- ToxicFrog/bltool
Usage
Export games list to a text file to import to another program:
java -jar bltool.jar --from backloggery --bl-name USERNAME --bl-pass PASSWORD --to edn --output backloggery-export.txt
In place of edn
you can also use json
or text
(for tab separated).
Backloggery Enhancements
- torlye/Backloggery-enhancements
Links
- backloggery.com/blueberry_hill - My profile page.
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