> ## Documentation Index
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# mobster export

> Save a past task as a captioned GIF or MP4.

Save a finished task as a captioned GIF, one screen per step with what Mobster did, ready to post: under X's 15 MB limit, on the Paper or Night ground. `--mp4` saves an MP4 too (it needs ffmpeg). The file goes to \~/Downloads and never replaces one there. It shows every screen of the task, so check it before you post it: `--redact` blurs text fields and messages and leaves the answer out. Nothing is uploaded.

## Usage

```text theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
mobster export [options] ID
```

## Arguments and options

| Name | Default | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `ID` | required | a task's ID from `mobster history` (its first characters do), or latest |
| `--gif` | off | save a GIF |
| `--mp4` | off | save an MP4 (needs ffmpeg) |
| `--redact` | off | blur text fields and messages, and leave out the answer |
| `--theme {paper,night}` | paper | the ground: paper (light, the default) or night (dark) |
| `-o, --output PATH` | \~/Downloads | a file or folder to save to |
| `--json` | off | print where it saved as JSON |

```text theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
exit codes: 0 saved, 1 couldn't (no such task, no screens, no ffmpeg for --mp4), 2 usage

examples:
  mobster export latest --gif
  mobster export 3f9c2a1b7d10 --gif --mp4 --theme night
  mobster export 3f9c --gif --redact -o ~/Desktop/clip.gif
```


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