CLI tool for dumping various databases in multiple formats.

DBDump

CLI tool for dumping various databases like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL into multiple formats like json, tsv, csv

Installation Guide

Linux

wget https://github.com/vrutik2809/dbdump/releases/download/2.0.0/linux_amd64_dbdump

# make the binary executable
chmod +x linux_amd64_dbdump

# move the binary to the desired location (optional)
sudo mv linux_amd64_dbdump /usr/local/bin/dbdump

MacOS

curl https://github.com/vrutik2809/dbdump/releases/download/2.0.0/darwin_amd64_dbdump

# make the binary executable
chmod +x darwin_amd64_dbdump

# move the binary to the desired location (optional)
sudo mv darwin_amd64_dbdump /usr/local/bin/dbdump

Windows

Download the binary: by clicking here

Usage Examples

# dump all mongodb collections to json
dbdump mongodb -u admin --password admin123 --host localhost -p 27017 -d test

# dump specific mongodb collections to bson
dbdump mongodb -u admin --password admin123 --host localhost -p 27017 -d test -c "users,posts" -o bson

# dump all postgresql tables to csv
dbdump pg -u postgres --password 123456 --host localhost -p 5432 -d test -o csv

# dump all postgresql tables excluding specific tables to json
dbdump pg -u postgres --password 123456 --host localhost -p 5432 -d test -e users,photos -o json

# dump all mysql tables to tsv
dbdump mysql -u root --password root --host localhost -p 3306 -d test -o tsv

Output format

• MongoDB - json, bson, gzip
• PostgreSQL - json, csv, tsv
• MySQL - json, csv, tsv

Commands

Command	Description
mongodb	command for dumping MongoDB database
pg	command for dumping PostgreSQL database
mysql	command for dumping MySQL database

Command Options

• mongodb

  flag	shorthand	description	default
  --username	-u	username of the database	''
  --password		password of the database	''
  --host		host of the database	localhost
  --port	-p	port of the database	0
  --db-name	-d	database name
  --dir		directory to store the dump	dump
  --srv		use SRV connection format	false
  --collections	-c	name of the collections to dump	[]
  --exclude-collections	-e	name of the collections to exclude	[]
  --output	-o	output format of the dump (json,bson,gzip)	json
  --test-mode		run the command in test mode (not showing progress bar)	false
  --help	-h	help for the command

• common for pg and mysql

  flag	shorthand	description	default
  --username	-u	username of the database	postgres
  --password		password of the database	123456
  --host		host of the database	localhost
  --port	-p	port of the database	5432
  --db-name	-d	database name
  --dir		directory to store the dump	dump
  --tables	-t	name of the tables to dump	[]
  --exclude-tables	-e	name of the tables to exclude	[]
  --output	-o	output format of the dump (json,csv,tsv)	json
  --test-mode		run the command in test mode (not showing progress bar)	false
  --help	-h	help for the command

You can always pass the --help flag to get help for the command