PostgreSQL data import/export utility
Project description
This utility will read CSV files and merge each CSV’s rows into a table of a PostgreSQL database. The merge process means that it will:
Import rows whose primary key doesn’t yet exist.
Update row values when the primary key already exists.
Ignore unchanged or missing rows.
This is also called an upsert operation as it performs either an update or an insert.
pgmerge can also export data in the same format expected for import.
These features allow you to move data between databases to keep them up to date and in sync, although it does not cover handling deleted data.
$ pgmerge --help Usage: pgmerge [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]... Merges data in CSV files into a Postgresql database. Options: --version Show the version and exit. --help Show this message and exit. Commands: export Export each table to a CSV file. import Import/merge each CSV file into a table. inspect Inspect database schema in various ways.
Import
$ pgmerge import --help Usage: pgmerge import [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY [TABLES]... Import/merge each CSV file into a table. All CSV files need the same name as their matching table and have to be located in the given directory. If one or more tables are specified then only they will be used, otherwise all tables found will be selected. Options: -d, --dbname TEXT Database name to connect to. [required] -h, --host TEXT Database server host or socket directory. [default: localhost] -p, --port TEXT Database server port. [default: 5432] -U, --username TEXT Database user name. [default: postgres] -s, --schema TEXT Database schema to use. [default: public] -W, --password TEXT Database password (default is to prompt for password or read config). -f, --disable-foreign-keys Disable foreign key constraint checking during import (necessary if you have cycles, but requires superuser rights). -c, --config PATH Config file for customizing how tables are imported/exported. -i, --include-dependent-tables When selecting specific tables, also include all tables that depend on those tables due to foreign key constraints. --help Show this message and exit.
Installation
WARNING: the reliability of this utility is not guaranteed and loss or corruption of data is always a possibility.
Install from PyPI
With Python 3 installed on your system, you can run:
pip install pgmerge
(your pip --version has to be 9.0 or greater). To test that installation worked, run:
pgmerge --help
and you can uninstall at any time with:
pip uninstall pgmerge
Install from Github
To install the newest code directly from Github:
pip install git+https://github.com/samuller/pgmerge
Issues
If you have trouble installing and you’re running a Debian-based Linux that uses Python 2 as its system default, then you might need to run:
sudo apt install libpq-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools sudo -H pip3 install pgmerge
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