[robweber]

How do I create one?

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Log_file - several methods to choose from



Google Drive Functionality

For anyone interested in testing this I've attempted to add functionality for Google Drive. Until this is all in the official repo you'll have to jump through a few hoops but might be worth it. The more testing done the faster this can be rolled out.

Step 1 - You'll have to manually install the googleapi module. There were a lot of dependencies and stuff for this so I rolled them in to their own addon: https://github.com/robweber/script.module.googleapi . Just download the zip and install into XBMC.

Step 2 - Download the "google_drive" branch of the addon. You might want to uninstall any current version of your system as the addon ids are the same. https://github.com/robweber/xbmcbackup/t...ogle_drive

There are instructions in the README file but I'll cut/paste them here. Very similiar to Dropbox in that you have to have a Google API account setup and then oauth your account via a URL.

Something I've noticed in testing is that the Drive API will sometimes block requests as there is a limit for "free" accounts on how many per second. It didn't happen often but it did happen. The API is also kind of slow, probably another limitation of the non-paid account. Using the "compress backups" option might be the best choice since you are minimizing the number of files that actually need to get sent to the cloud.

Code:

Using the Google Drive target is very similar to the Dropbox one. You must create a Google API project and authenticate your account via the id and secret. Instructions for creating the Google API for Google Drive can be found here. You'll need the client id and client secret generated for the addon settings (https://developers.google.com/drive/web/quickstart/quickstart-python). You only need to follow Step 1.

Once you have the client ID and Secret add them to the addon settings and run a backup. You'll get a notification that you need to enter your authorization code. Check your XBMC log file for a line from "script.xbmcbackup" containing the authorization URL. Cut/paste this into a browser and click Allow. Once this is done put the code from your browser into the pop-up dialog. The addon will cache these credentials so it should be a one-time authenication. From there the backup should start to run.