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How to Export/backup your app files and database
How to Export/backup your app files and database
Updated over a month ago

Overview:
Lazy AI strongly recommends regularly exporting and backing up your data across both test and production environments helps safeguard against unexpected issues, accidental data loss, and general version management as a general best practice.

How to export/backup your app files:

  1. Log into Lazy AI

  2. Open your app

  3. Click the 'Code' tab to open the VSCODE editor

  4. Right click on your apps root folder and click Download

How to export/backup your databases:

  1. Log into Lazy AI

  2. Open your app and click "Run"/"Test latest version" button

  3. You'll see the 'View database' button appear on the top right corner of your app preview - click it

    Then you see all of your tables in your database listed on the left side:

  4. Select on a table then click the 'Content' tab then click the 'Export' tab

  5. Click 'Export' button at the bottom (recommended to leave all columns selected and leaving Format as default JSON)

**IMPORTANT: You have a separate database for your Test environment app and your Production environment app. You must repeat this process for the production/deployed version of your app (assuming you've published/deployed the app)!!

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