JSFiddle Archiver

Introduction

JSFiddle Archiver is a Node.JS script that can be used to download the whole version history of a fiddle hosted at JSFiddle to a new git repository.

Requirements

• Node.js
• git on $PATH
• ID of a JSFiddle (This is the section of the URL immediatly after the domain name; the bold part of the following example URL: jsfiddle.net / jUVfS / 30)

Usage

1. Check out or download jsfiddle.js
2. Open a terminal / command prompt to the location of jsfiddle.js
3. Run node jsfiddle.js
4. When prompted enter the ID of the fiddle and hit return

At this point a folder will be created using the ID of the fiddle. A git repoistory will be initialised in the folder and a README.md created / commited. Each version of the fiddle will then be commited as seperate commits to the git repository. When not found appears in the output the last version has been commited.

Known Issues

• When the last version of a fiddle has been commited an error message stating not found appears. This is expected, and means the script has finished. Press CTRL+C to terminate the script.
• After the script has finished the created repository will contain an uncomitted delete of index.html. git reset --hard should be used within the repository to restore the deleted file.
• If a fiddle version is the same as the previous version a warning will shown in the script output. The version will be skipped from the git repository since git requires at least a change to make a commit.