Back up and restore an Anthias (Screenly open-source) player's configuration using the Anthias API v2 backup/recover endpoints
domain: developer.screenly.io · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the player runs an Anthias release exposing API v2 (check http://<device-ip>/api/docs/ for the ReDoc reference)
POST to the backup endpoint to generate a backup archive of assets, device settings, and the asset database
GET the backup resource to download the generated archive for off-device storage
On a replacement/new device, POST the archive to the recover endpoint to restore assets and device_settings
Call the reboot endpoint after recovery and confirm the player comes back showing the restored playlist
Cross-check restored content against the assets list endpoint to confirm all media survived the round-trip
Known gotchas
Backup/recover operates only on the local player's SQLite asset database and local media files — no cloud/account-level config is included, so fleet-wide restore still requires re-pairing devices individually
Large media libraries can produce archives that exceed the SD card's free space during the backup step, causing a silent failure or truncated file
v2 endpoints coexist with legacy v1 endpoints during the migration period; mixing calls to both can leave the asset list inconsistent until a reboot
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