django-objectdump 0.3

Installation

1. Installation is easy using pip.

   $ pip install django-objectdump

2. Add to INSTALLED_APPS

3. Optionally add configuration information (OBJECTDUMP_SETTINGS)

Settings

OBJECTDUMP_SETTINGS = {
    'MODEL_SETTINGS': {
        'app.model': {
            'ignore': False,
            'fk_fields': True,  # or False, or ['whitelist', 'of', 'fks']
            'm2m_fields': True,  # or False, or ['whitelist', 'of', 'm2m fields']
            'addl_relations': []  # callable or 'othermodel_set.all' strings
        }
    }
}

ignore

If True, always ignore this model. Acts as if you used --exclude with this model.

fk_fields

If False, do not include related objects through foreign keys. Otherwise, a white-list of foreign keys to include related objects.

m2m_keys

If False, do not include related objects through many-to-many fields. Otherwise, a white-list of many-to-many field names to include related objects.

addl_relations

A list of callables, which get passed an object, or strings in Django template syntax ('author_set.all.0' becomes 'object.author_set.all.0' and evaluates to object.author_set.all()[0])

Options

--format

Default: json

Specifies the output serialization format for fixtures. Options depend on SERIALIZATION_MODULES settings. xml and json and yaml are built-in.

--indent

Default: None

Specifies the indent level to use. The default will not do any pretty-printing or indenting of content.

--database

Default: DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS

Nominates a specific database to dump fixtures from. Defaults to the “default” database.

-e, --exclude

Default: []

An appname or appname.ModelName to exclude (use multiple --exclude to exclude multiple apps/models).

-n, --natural

Default: False

Use natural keys if they are available.

--depth

Default: None

Max depth related objects to get. The initial object specified is considered level 0. The default will get all objects.

--limit

Default: None

Max number of related objects to get. Default gets all related objects.

-i, --include

Default: all

An appname or appname.ModelName to whitelist related objects included in the export (use multiple --include to include multiple apps/models).

--idtype

Default: 'int'

The natural type of the id(s) specified. Options are: int, unicode, long

--debug

Default: False

Output debug information. Shows what related objects each object generates. Use with --verbosity 2 to also see which fields are the link.