flask-alchemydumps 0.0.8

SQLAlchemy backup/dump tool for Flask

AlchemyDumps

Do you use Flask with SQLAlchemy and Flask-Script ? Wow, what a coincidence!

This package lets you backup and restore all your data using SQLALchemy dumps() method.

It is an easy way (one single command, I mean it) to save all the data stored in your database.

You can save it locally or in a remote server via FTP.

Install

First install the package: $ pip install Flask-AlchemyDumps

Then pass your Flask application and SQLALchemy database to it:

from flask import Flask
from flask.ext.alchemydumps import AlchemyDumps, AlchemyDumpsCommand
from flask.ext.script import Manager
from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy

# init Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

# init SQLAlchemy and Flask-Script
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///app.db'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
manager = Manager(app)

# init Alchemy Dumps
alchemydumps = AlchemyDumps(app, db)
manager.add_command('alchemydumps', AlchemyDumpsCommand)

• The second line imports the objects from the package.

• The last two lines instantiate and add AlchemyDumps to the Flask-Script manager.

Remote backup (via FTP)

If you want to save your backups in a remote server via FTP, just make sure to set these environment variables replacing the placeholder information with the proper credentials:

ALCHEMYDUMPS_FTP_SERVER = 'ftp.server.com'
ALCHEMYDUMPS_FTP_USER = 'johndoe'
ALCHEMYDUMPS_FTP_PASSWORD = 'secret'
ALCHEMYDUMPS_FTP_PATH = '/absolute/path/'

If you want, there is a .env.sample inside the /tests folder. Just copy it to your application root folder, rename it to .env, and insert your credentials.

.gitignore

You might want to add alchemydumps to your .gitignore. It is the folder where AlchemyDumps save the backup files.

Examples

Considering you have these models (that is to say, these SQLAlchemy mapped classes):

class User(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    email = db.Column(db.String(140), index=True, unique=True)
    posts = db.relationship('Post', backref='author', lazy='dynamic')

class Post(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    title = db.Column(db.String(140))
    content = db.Column(db.UnicodeText)
    author_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))

Just in case: this is a simple example, but you can use abstract mapped classes as well.

You can backup all your data

$ python manage.py alchemydumps create

Output:

==> 3 rows from User saved as /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-User.gz
==> 42 rows from Post saved as /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-Post.gz

You can list the backups you have already created

$ python manage.py alchemydumps history

Output:

==> ID: 20141114203949 (from Nov 15, 2014 at 17:21:07)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-Post.gz

==> ID: 20141115140629 (from Nov 15, 2014 at 14:06:29)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115140629-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115140629-Post.gz

You can restore a backup

$ python manage.py alchemydumps restore -d 20141115172107

Output:

==> db-bkp-20141115172107-User.gz totally restored.
==> db-bkp-20141115172107-Post.gz totally restored.

You can delete an existing backup

$ python manage.py alchemydumps remove -d 20141115172107

Output:

==> Do you want to delete the following files?
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20141115172107-Post.gz
==> Press "Y" to confirm, or anything else to abort: y
    db-bkp-20141115172107-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20141115172107-Post.gz deleted.

And you can use the auto-clean command

The autoclean command follows these rules to delete backups:

• It keeps all the backups from the last 7 days.

• It keeps the most recent backup from each week of the last month.

• It keeps the most recent backup from each month of the last year.

• It keeps the most recent backup from each remaining year.

$ python manage.py alchemydumps autoclean

Output:

==> 8 backups will be kept:

    ID: 20130703225903 (from Jul 03, 2013 at 22:59:03)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20130703225903-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20130703225903-Post.gz

    ID: 20120405013054 (from Apr 05, 2012 at 01:30:54)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20120405013054-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20120405013054-Post.gz

    ID: 20101123054342 (from Nov 23, 2010 at 05:43:42)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20101123054342-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20101123054342-Post.gz

    ID: 20090708100815 (from Jul 08, 2009 at 10:08:15)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20090708100815-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20090708100815-Post.gz

    ID: 20081208191908 (from Dec 08, 2008 at 19:19:08)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20081208191908-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20081208191908-Post.gz

    ID: 20070114122922 (from Jan 14, 2007 at 12:29:22)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20070114122922-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20070114122922-Post.gz

    ID: 20060911035318 (from Sep 11, 2006 at 03:53:18)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060911035318-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060911035318-Post.gz

    ID: 20051108082503 (from Nov 08, 2005 at 08:25:03)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20051108082503-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20051108082503-Post.gz

==> 11 backups will be deleted:

    ID: 20120123032442 (from Jan 23, 2012 at 03:24:42)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20120123032442-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20120123032442-Post.gz

    ID: 20101029100412 (from Oct 29, 2010 at 10:04:12)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20101029100412-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20101029100412-Post.gz

    ID: 20100526185156 (from May 26, 2010 at 18:51:56)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20100526185156-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20100526185156-Post.gz

    ID: 20100423085529 (from Apr 23, 2010 at 08:55:29)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20100423085529-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20100423085529-Post.gz

    ID: 20081006074458 (from Oct 06, 2008 at 07:44:58)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20081006074458-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20081006074458-Post.gz

    ID: 20080429210254 (from Apr 29, 2008 at 21:02:54)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080429210254-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080429210254-Post.gz

    ID: 20080424043716 (from Apr 24, 2008 at 04:37:16)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080424043716-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080424043716-Post.gz

    ID: 20080405110244 (from Apr 05, 2008 at 11:02:44)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080405110244-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20080405110244-Post.gz

    ID: 20060629054914 (from Jun 29, 2006 at 05:49:14)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060629054914-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060629054914-Post.gz

    ID: 20060329020048 (from Mar 29, 2006 at 02:00:48)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060329020048-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20060329020048-Post.gz

    ID: 20050324012859 (from Mar 24, 2005 at 01:28:59)
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20050324012859-User.gz
    /vagrant/alchemydumps/db-bkp-20050324012859-Post.gz

==> Press "Y" to confirm, or anything else to abort. y
    db-bkp-20120123032442-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20120123032442-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20101029100412-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20101029100412-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20100526185156-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20100526185156-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20100423085529-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20100423085529-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20081006074458-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20081006074458-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080429210254-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080429210254-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080424043716-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080424043716-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080405110244-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20080405110244-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20060629054914-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20060629054914-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20060329020048-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20060329020048-Post.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20050324012859-User.gz deleted.
    db-bkp-20050324012859-Post.gz deleted.

Requirements & Dependencies

AlchemyDumps is tested and should work in Python 2.7+ and 3.4+.

AlchemyDumps was designed to work together with Flask applications that uses SQLAlchemy. It runs through the Flask-Script manager. Thus, these packages are essential requirements. AlchemyDumps also uses Unipath package. All these packages, if needed, will be installed once you install AlchemyDumps.

Tests

If you wanna run the tests:

$ git clone [e-mail]:cuducos/alchemydumps.git
$ cd /alchemydumps
$ pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
$ python setup.py develop
$ nosetests

If you want to include remote (FTP) tests you have to rename /tests/.env.sample to /tests/.env and edit it with valid FTP credentials.

Contributing

You can report issues or:

• Fork this repo

• Create a new branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature

• Commit your changes: git add -A . && commit -m 'Add some feature'

• Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature

• And create new pull request

Contributors

Thanks Kirill Sumorokov, spikergit1 and Walter for the pull requests, issues reported, feedback and support.

Changelog

Version 0.0.8

• Python 3 support.

Version 0.0.7

• Add support for abstract models.

Version 0.0.6

• Remote backup/restore via FTP.

• General code improvements.

Version 0.0.5

• Re-written as a Flask extension.

• Built-in Flask app within the test suite.

Version 0.0.4

• Fix bug in the installation process.

Version 0.0.3

• New command to auto-clean backup folder.

Version 0.0.2

• New command: delete a single backup.

• Proper message when ID is not found in restore and delete commands.

• Avoid breaking the process when get_id() fails.

• Minor code improvements.

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Eduardo Cuducos.

Licensed under the MIT License.