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Backups

Note that this document describes the technical details of the backup system

Format

A backup is an https://github.com/anti-raid/iblfile with the standard AutoEncryptedFile format and has the following fields:

  • backup_opts - JSON containing a types.BackupCreateOpts object
  • core/guild - The core guild data (discordgo.Guild)
  • assets/{asset_name} - The guild icon data ([]byte)
  • messages/{channel_id} - The messages in a channel along with basic attachment metadata ([]types.BackupMessage).
  • dbg/* - Debug information. This may vary across backups and MUST NOT be used in restoring a backup.
  • attachments/{attachment_id} - The attachments data itself