[robweber]

Thanks for the response Rob! I finally got WebDav secure to work by adding a "source" in KODI & using "browse source" in Backup addon. Not sure why "typed" doesn't work in the Backup addon. Only problem with WebDav is the speed. It's roughly half of what I get with FTP, 95mbps (FTP) vs 52mbps (WebDav). But that's a limitation of WebDav. WebDav also deletes the older backup zips when selected, FTP doesn't.

Here is the log for when I used WebDav as "typed" and not added as a "source" in KODI:

Thanks for your time Rob.

That is really odd that the source type works but a typed one doesn't. The source string looks OK to me, although I don't use WebDav myself. Is the last ".com:XXX" the port? Guessing you're running it on a non-standard port? It has to be some underlying issue with how things are being passed to the Kodi filesystem layer but since you're just getting a 404 and not something more specific it's hard to say. Wonder if the server logs on the webdav side would show the full URL string Kodi is creating? Maybe the path is slightly off somehow? Since you have it working might not be worth spending the time on it.

Hi Rob,

Awesome addon man! Just discovered it after years of using Kodi too!

I basically clone my setup on friends and family's rigs over and over again and think I could save myself a ton of time with this.

Here is my question:

1. I created a compressed backup using your addon and manually uploaded it to my google drive account (as I couldn't figure out how to do it directly)

2. I then tried to restore from that drive folder in multiple ways. First I used the "type remote path" option. I put in the link that drive give you when you share a folder. I tried using that link with both the "can edit" and "only view" option. None worked. It just shows me a blank box and it says Backup folder name or something like that.

3. I tried the above but used the actual URL when I'm in that folder from my browser. Did not work.

4. I could not figure out how to use the Drive feature of your addon as I don't know my user id or secret code. Something to do with APIs?

Any help and guidance is appreciated. I think I can save a TON of time using this properly.

el_davidson's response on why the URL's aren't working is correct. The "typed path" option is not for URL strings but for manually typed share strings like "smb://.......". Adding a direct URL type isn't a bad idea though. Would be easy to download and then extract it.

The Drive and Dropbox direct features require you to create an app on those sites and generate the keys needed. See the README file for details.

Currently using direct download public links isn't supported by Rob Webers addon. It might be something he is looking into. See my post #1171. I have found a current work around for a zipped restore only from Dropbox.
1) install the ADDON Dbmc and setup.
2) In file manager add and new source pointing to the temp folder on your machine (make sure hidden files and folders are selected)
3) use the dbmc addon to download the backup to Kodi temp folder.
4) use the backup addon to restore the zipped file from the temp folder.
5) pull the power to the box to get the GUISETTINGS to stick.

I've known about the DBMC app for a while but didn't have time to look at the code. I see that somehow the author was able to put their own app key into production mode so that users don't need to create their own. This is interesting as I was denied production status 3 times for publishing the App key as part of the source code (as DBMC is doing). I'm contacting the author but maybe I should attempt to resubmit?

Hi

Kodi 15.2 Windows/Android systems

Created dropbox account and successfully created app on dropbox - put key/secret into backup addon - retrieved URL and enabled dropbox access - full permissions.

Run backup (in backup mode) to dropbox - failed with following log error:-

Can anybody point me toward what I am doing wrong

Many thanks for any help

When creating the Dropbox App it must be an "App Folder" type of app and not the "Full Access" type. The Backup addon is expecting this type of access so it can create it's own folder. If the app type isn't correct you get an error.