Exporting Cards to PDF

You may want to download some or all of your Guru cards to PDF files, for example as part of a business continuity plan in the unlikely event that Guru experiences downtime. There are two approaches: export whole folders, or export individual cards.

Method 1: Download folders to PDF

Get a list of folders:

curl -u $GURU_USER:$GURU_TOKEN https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/folders

The response is an array of folder objects, truncated here to the fields you need:

[
  {
    "home": true,
    "id": "c11cdef1-5bd5-4bc9-ba29-98625a2f1480",
    "title": "My Cool Collection",
    "collection": {
      "name": "My Cool Collection",
      "id": "f1e1b13f-b18f-490c-be0c-bef201bdd877",
      ...
    },
    "slug": "Tkdp84Bc/My-Cool-Collection",
    "numberOfFacts": 473
  },
  ...
]

Loop through each folder ID and call the endpoint below to download that folder's contents as a PDF:

curl -u $GURU_USER:$GURU_TOKEN -O https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/folders/{folderId}/pdf

For folders too large to export synchronously, see Exporting Folders to PDF Asynchronously.

Method 2: Download cards to PDF

Alternatively, download individual cards. Get a list of cards:

curl -u $GURU_USER:$GURU_TOKEN https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/cards/

The response is an array of card objects, truncated here to the most relevant fields:

[
  {
    "id": "eff59866-d332-4bc6-be0a-0fac7a199eb5",
    "preferredPhrase": "External Job Test",
    "slug": "cz8Ajp7i/External-Job-Test",
    "content": "<h1>Job Description</h1><p>External Job Description</p>...",
    "collection": {
      "id": "064c4e50-d274-4fb8-8bfd-b2e9d4d35d04",
      "name": "Guru - External Job Board",
      ...
    },
    "verificationState": "TRUSTED",
    "cardType": "CARD",
    ...
  }
]

Loop through each card ID and call:

curl -u $GURU_USER:$GURU_TOKEN -O https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/cards/{card_id}/pdf