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How to download all your DEV articles in markdown format

Igor Irianto on January 04, 2020

Update: Looks like the dev API has changed. I added a new params option to get max 1000 articles. We can agree that DEV is the best site for devs ...
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Corey McCarty • Edited

I'm currently using the 11ty static site generator blog and publishing to a personal domain (from markdown) and dev.to listens to the rss to pick up articles automatically. All I have to do is change published value in the front matter to true and it publishes.

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Josef Biehler

Thanks for mentioning this. Maybe I try this out.

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Igor Irianto

Oh, I've heard of Eleventy last year, I think. That's a cool strategy. I will have to take a look at the rss thing!
Thanks for the input 😁. Really appreciate it!

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rhymes

Hi Igor! Nice post and usage of the API!

There's also a third option: you can request an export of your content, you can find it here at the bottom of the page: dev.to/settings/misc

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Igor Irianto

I didn't know this feature exists! 😅

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Shijie Zhou

Right @rhymes , I had done that before, but I think using the api can keep your article update without download the export json each time.

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rhymes

Agree :) It's easier to script!

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Hugo van Kemenade

This is now at dev.to/settings/account (sorry for the bump, but this page shows in searches :)

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Josef Biehler • Edited

I am not sure if this will also solve this problem. But I use the approach mentioned here: dev.to/maxime1992/manage-your-dev-...

This works without any effort and using this you could reference your repository from your personal blog or publish blog posts to dev.to and to your personal blog during build.

Nice idea!

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Igor Irianto

Really good link. Thanks Josef! I wasn't aware of this method. This is actually really cool. I have had GH account for several years but I never used template option.

Really good link! 👍 Thank you very much!