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====== How to get the JSON of a task or a game ======

JSON is the text form of a task or of a whole game. It is what you send to another author, keep as your own backup, or paste into another game with the **"Paste tasks from the clipboard..."** button.

Everything below is in **Editor 2**.

===== The JSON of one task =====

==== The "Copy JSON" button ====
  - Open the task card.
  - Press **"Copy JSON"** at the bottom of the card.
  - The task's JSON goes to the clipboard — paste it into a chat, into a file, or straight into another game.

That copy carries no task number and no identifiers: they belong to the game the task was copied from. So the copy can be pasted anywhere as it is — the task lands at the end of the scenario and gets its number there.

==== The task's JSON mode ====
  - Press the **"JSON"** button in the header of the task card.
  - The card shows the whole task as one text field: its fields, codes, bonuses and hints.
  - You can select and copy the text, and you can edit it right there — the edits go into the draft.

Unlike the "Copy JSON" button, this shows the task as it is, number and identifiers included.

===== The JSON of a whole game =====

==== The "Download JSON" button ====
  - Press **"Download JSON"** in the editor's top bar.
  - The browser saves a ''game_<game id>.json'' file with the whole scenario: game settings, tasks, global bonuses and task orders.

This is the safest way to keep a version of a game: the file is yours and depends on neither the browser nor the server. **"Upload JSON"** brings it back.

==== The "JSON" tab ====
  - Open the **"JSON"** tab.
  - It holds the current draft of the game in full — select it and copy.
  - Edited text goes into the draft with the **"Apply JSON to the draft"** button.

===== What to do with the JSON you got =====

  * Paste it into another game of yours — the **"Paste tasks from the clipboard..."** button under the task list. If the JSON holds more than tasks, the editor asks what to take out of it.
  * Send it to another author, as text or as a file.
  * Keep it as a backup before reworking a scenario.

> Pasting and uploading JSON changes only the draft in your browser. It reaches the server after the **"Save..."** button and the confirmation in the window listing the changes.