diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/bin/eet_main.c b/legacy/eet/src/bin/eet_main.c
index 289d2d2212..ece7120a09 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/bin/eet_main.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/bin/eet_main.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static void
 do_eet_decode(const char *file, const char *key, const char *out)
 {
    Eet_File *ef;
-   void *data;
    int size = 0;
    FILE *f;
 
@@ -83,25 +82,18 @@ do_eet_decode(const char *file, const char *key, const char *out)
 	printf("cannot open for reading: %s\n", file);
 	exit(-1);
      }
-   data = eet_read(ef, key, &size);
-   if (!data)
-     {
-	printf("cannot read key %s\n", key);
-	exit(-1);
-     }
    f = fopen(out, "w");
    if (!f)
      {
 	printf("cannot open %s\n", out);
 	exit(-1);
      }
-   if (!eet_data_text_dump(data, size, do_eet_decode_dump, f))
+   if (!eet_data_dump(ef, key, do_eet_decode_dump, f))
      {
 	printf("cannot write to %s\n", out);
 	exit(-1);
      }
    fclose(f);
-   free(data);
    eet_close(ef);
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +145,6 @@ do_eet_encode(const char *file, const char *key, const char *out, int compress)
    Eet_File *ef;
    char *text;
    int textlen = 0;
-   void *data;
    int size = 0;
    FILE *f;
 
@@ -186,15 +177,12 @@ do_eet_encode(const char *file, const char *key, const char *out, int compress)
 	exit(-1);
      }
    fclose(f);
-   data = eet_data_text_undump(text, textlen, &size);
-   if (!data)
+   if (eet_data_undump(ef, key, text, textlen, compress))
      {
         printf("cannot parse %s\n", out);
 	exit(-1);
      }
-   eet_write(ef, key, data, size, compress);
    free(text);
-   free(data);
    eet_close(ef);
 }
 
diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h b/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
index 39dce99c46..623219f458 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/Eet.h
@@ -913,6 +913,45 @@ extern "C" {
     */
    EAPI void *eet_data_text_undump(const char *text, int textlen, int *size_ret);
 
+   /**
+    * Dump an eet encoded data structure from an eet file into ascii text
+    * @param ef A valid eet file handle.
+    * @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
+    * @param dumpfunc The function to call passed a string when new data is converted to text
+    * @param dumpdata The data to pass to the @p dumpfunc callback.
+    * @return 1 on success, 0 on failure
+    *
+    * This function will take an open and valid eet file from eet_open() request
+    * the data encoded by eet_data_descriptor_encode() corresponding to the key @p name
+    * and convert it into human readable ascii text. It does this by calling the
+    * @p dumpfunc callback for all new text that is generated. This callback should
+    * append to any existing text buffer and will be passed the pointer @p dumpdata
+    * as a parameter as well as a string with new text to be appended.
+    *
+    * @since 1.0.0
+    */
+   EAPI int eet_data_dump(Eet_File *ef, const char *name, void (*dumpfunc) (void *data, const char *str), void *dumpdata);
+
+   /**
+    * Take an ascii encoding from eet_data_dump() and re-encode in binary.
+    * @param ef A valid eet file handle.
+    * @param name Name of the entry. eg: "/base/file_i_want".
+    * @param text The pointer to the string data to parse and encode.
+    * @param textlen The size of the string in bytes (not including 0 byte terminator).
+    * @param compress Compression flags (1 == compress, 0 = don't compress).
+    * @return 1 on success, 0 on failure
+    *
+    * This function will parse the string pointed to by @p text, encode it the same
+    * way eet_data_descriptor_encode() takes an in-memory data struct and encodes into a
+    * binary blob.
+    *
+    * The data (optionally compressed) will be in ram, pending a flush to
+    * disk (it will stay in ram till the eet file handle is closed though).
+    *
+    * @since 1.0.0
+    */
+   EAPI int eet_data_undump(Eet_File *ef, const char *name, const char *text, int textlen, int compress);
+
    /**
     * Decode a data structure from an arbitary location in memory.
     * @param edd The data  descriptor to use when decoding.
diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index 0ad2e2ba66..8cd64c210c 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -2493,6 +2493,39 @@ error:
    return NULL;
 }
 
+EAPI int
+eet_data_dump(Eet_File *ef,
+	      const char *name,
+	      void (*dumpfunc) (void *data, const char *str),
+	      void *dumpdata)
+{
+   const Eet_Dictionary *ed = NULL;
+   const void		*data;
+   int			 ret = 0;
+   int			 required_free = 0;
+   int			 size;
+
+   ed = eet_dictionary_get(ef);
+
+   data = eet_read_direct(ef, name, &size);
+   if (!data)
+     {
+	required_free = 1;
+	data = eet_read(ef, name, &size);
+	if (!data) return 0;
+     }
+
+   if (_eet_data_descriptor_decode(ed, NULL, data, size, 0,
+				   dumpfunc, dumpdata))
+     ret = 1;
+
+   if (required_free)
+     free((void*)data);
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
+
 EAPI int
 eet_data_text_dump(const void *data_in,
 		   int size_in,
@@ -2513,6 +2546,27 @@ eet_data_text_undump(const char *text,
    return _eet_data_dump_parse(NULL, size_ret, text, textlen);
 }
 
+EAPI int
+eet_data_undump(Eet_File *ef,
+		const char *name,
+		const char *text,
+		int textlen,
+		int compress)
+{
+   Eet_Dictionary       *ed;
+   void                 *data_enc;
+   int                   size;
+   int                   val;
+
+   ed = eet_dictionary_get(ef);
+
+   data_enc = _eet_data_dump_parse(ed, &size, text, textlen);
+   if (!data_enc) return 0;
+   val = eet_write(ef, name, data_enc, size, compress);
+   free(data_enc);
+   return val;
+}
+
 EAPI void *
 eet_data_descriptor_decode(Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd,
 			   const void *data_in,