Im trying out timeliner : All your digital life on a single timeline, stored locally

goal is to combine all my data i generate online into one source

cd ~
bash
git clone https://github.com/mholt/timeliner.git
cd timeliner

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didnt have gcc i used tdm-gcc which worked!

cd cmd/timeliner
go build
ls
./timeliner -h

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timeliner add-account smsbackuprestore/1234567890
timeliner add-account smsbackuprestore/1234567890

/mnt/c/Users/oranm/github/timeliner/cmd/timeliner/timeliner add-account smsbackuprestore/1234567890


/mnt/c/Users/oranm/github/timeliner/cmd/timeliner/timeliner import /mnt/c/Users/oranm/Downloads/sms-20210314004348.xml smsbackuprestore/1234567890


 mkdir ~/time_line_dir
 cp sms-20210314004348.xml ~/time_line_dir/
 cd ~/time_line_dir/

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export PATH=/mnt/c/Users/oranm/github/timeliner/cmd/timeliner/:$PATH
source $HOME/.profile
timeliner -h

timeliner add-account smsbackuprestore/1234567890
timeliner import /home/wisemonkey/time_line_dir/sms-20210314004348.xml smsbackuprestore/1234567890

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timeliner add-account google_location/<GMAILADDR>@gmail.com
timeliner add-account google_location/example@gmail.com

timeliner import /path/to/takeout.zip google_location/you@gmail.com


timeliner import /home/wisemonkey/time_line_dir/takeout.zip google_location/example@gmail.com


timeliner import ./takeout.zip google_location/example@gmail.com

an error i got, turns out i was trying to import a .zip instead of a .json!

rename from "Location History.json"

To "location_history.json"

timeliner import ./location_history.json google_location/example@gmail.com

run the import command

setting up a config file for connections to oauth services EX: facebook, or twitter

change "YOUR_APP_ID" here

dont forget to add the facebook account here

timeliner add-account facebook/<USERNAME FACEBOOK>
C:/Users/github/timeliner/cmd/timeliner/timeliner.exe add-account facebook/<FACEBOOK ACCOUNT> -config "timeliner.toml"
C:/Users/github/timeliner/cmd/timeliner/timeliner.exe -v get-all facebook/<FACEBOOK ACCOUNT>

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