resticpy

Table of Contents

Global options

Option	Default Value	Notes
`restic.binary_path`	`'restic'`	Specifies the location of your restic binary if it’s not in the user’s default path. (e.g., `/path/to/restic.exe`)
`restic.repository`	`None`	Specifies the path or URL of your restic backup repository.
`restic.password_file`	`None`	Specifies the path to the file containing your restic repository password.
`restic.use_cache`	`True`	Specifies if a local cache should be used.

backup

Args

paths: A list of paths to files or directories to back up
exclude_patterns: A list of patterns of path exclusions
exclude_files: A list of files containing exclude lists
tags: A list of tags for the new snapshot
dry_run: Set to True to perform just a dry run of the backup
host: Set the hostname for the snapshot manually
scan: Set to False to let restic skip the step of estimating the size of the backup (restic >= 0.15.0)
skip_if_unchanged: Omit the creation of a new snapshot if nothing has changed compared to the parent snapshot

Returns

A dictionary with a summary of the backup result.

Example

>>> restic.backup(paths=['/data/music'],
                  exclude_patterns=['Justin Bieber*', 'Selena Gomez*'],
                  exclude_files=['bad-songs.txt'])
{
  "message_type": "summary",
  "files_new": 1,
  "files_changed": 0,
  "files_unmodified": 0,
  "dirs_new": 2,
  "dirs_changed": 0,
  "dirs_unmodified": 0,
  "data_blobs": 1,
  "tree_blobs": 3,
  "data_added": 1133,
  "total_files_processed": 1,
  "total_bytes_processed": 20,
  "total_duration": 0.211291367,
  "snapshot_id": "e17049ab"
}

cat.masterkey

Output the masterkey.

Args

None

Returns

Masterkey

Example

>>> restic.cat.masterkey()
{'mac': {'k': 'qRgXl96b3FoSJjTbg58NPg==', 'r': 'WY+cB7gq4AK0dCoHiNFqAg=='}, 'encrypt': 'mepvE6JaAkUeZDcCTvj3JxO7uB27jL6Y8G7kGpHTjks='}

cat.config

Output the repository config.

Args

None

Returns

Repository config

Example

>>> restic.cat.config()
{'version': 2, 'id': 'c08faebc561fbbf628227886135910cedb93af2a3b077e2f087b684e32f3980f', 'chunker_polynomial': '2324830f9df359'}

check

Args

read_data: Boolean indicating whether to read all data blobs in the repo
read_data_subset: Read a subset of data packs, specified as ‘n/t’ for specific part, or either ‘x%’ or ‘x.y%’ or a size in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T for a random subset

Returns

On success, returns log messages relating to checking the repo integrity.

On failure, returns None.

Example

>>> restic.check(read_data=True)
using temporary cache in /tmp/restic-check-cache-842210662
create exclusive lock for repository
load indexes
check all packs
check snapshots, trees and blobs
read all data
[0:00] 100.00%  1 / 1 snapshots

[0:00] 100.00%  2 / 2 packs

no errors were found

copy

Args

from_repo: Source repository to copy from
from_password_file: Path to file containing password for source repository

Returns

Log messages related to the copy.

Example

>>> restic.repository = '/mediabackup2'
>>> restic.password_file = '~/pwd2.txt'
>>> restic.copy(from_repo='/mediabackup1/', from_password_file='~/pwd1.txt')
snapshot 670792c6 of [/tmp/tmp9k613t9a/mydata.txt] at 2021-03-29 00:56:31.183738563 +0000 UTC)
  copy started, this may take a while...
snapshot 3671204c saved

find

Args

pattern: Pattern to search for in the repository.

Returns

A list of dictionaries representing the files that matched the search pattern in the target repo’s snapshots. Each item in the list represents one snapshot in the repository that contained a matching file. If the repository contains more than one matching file, the matches appear in a list under the matches property of the dictionary.

Example

>>> restic.find('filename')
[{
  "matches":[{
    "path": "/filename",
    "permissions": "-rw-r--r--",
    "type": "file",
    "mode": 420,
    "mtime": "2022-01-01T10:00:00.000000000-07:00",
    "atime": "2022-01-01T10:00:00.000000000-07:00",
    "ctime": "2022-01-01T10:00:00.000000000-07:00",
    "uid": 10000,
    "gid": 10000,
    "user": "user",
    "group": "group",
    "device_id": 10000,
    "size": 1024,
    "links": 1
  }],
  "hits": 1,
  "snapshot": "f589421bafdae95f5be5eea6285074b7ddc54aa0ffd1ad606f74d1e6207d20a3"
}]

forget

Args

dry_run: Set to True to perform just a dry run of the backup
group_by: A string for grouping snapshots
tags: A list of tags indicating which snapshots to consider (can be specified multiple times)
host: A string for the hostname indicating which snapshots to consider
keep_last: An int representing the last N snapshots to keep
keep_hourly: An int representing the last N hourly snapshots to keep
keep_daily: An int representing the last N daily snapshots to keep
keep_weekly: An int representing the last N weekly snapshots to keep
keep_monthly: An int representing the last N monthly snapshots to keep
keep_yearly: An int representing the last N yearly snapshots to keep
keep_within A string representing a duration before which to prune relative to the latest snapshot
prune: A boolean representing whether to automatically run the ‘prune’ command if snapshots have been removed

Returns

A dictionary with a summary of the forget result.

Example

>>> restic.forget(prune=True, keep_daily=4)
[{
  'tags': None,
  'host': 'ecb5551395ae',
  'paths': ['/tmp/tmp6ew1vzp2/mydata.txt'],
  'keep': [{
      'time': '2021-03-16T00:10:37.015657013Z',
      'tree': '4483c2c6c1386abb9f47497cf108bab19e09c42430d32cd640a4f6f97137841f',
      'paths': ['/tmp/tmp6ew1vzp2/mydata.txt'],
      'hostname': 'ecb5551395ae',
      'username': 'demouser',
      'uid': 3434,
      'gid': 3434,
      'id': '3f6de49c6461ffd42900a204655708a3e136a3814abe298c07f27e412e2b6a43',
      'short_id': '3f6de49c'
  }],
  'remove': None,
  'reasons': [{
      'snapshot': {
          'time': '2021-03-16T00:10:37.015657013Z',
          'tree': '4483c2c6c1386abb9f47497cf108bab19e09c42430d32cd640a4f6f97137841f',
          'paths': ['/tmp/tmp6ew1vzp2/mydata.txt'],
          'hostname': 'ecb5551395ae',
          'username': 'demouser',
          'uid': 3434,
          'gid': 3434
      },
      'matches': ['daily snapshot'],
      'counters': {
          'daily': 4
      }
  }]
}]

generate

Args

bash_completion_path: Path to bash completion file to write
man_directory: Path to man directory to write to
zsh_completion_path: Path to zsh completion file to write

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.generate(bash_completion_path='/etc/bash_completion.d/restic',
                    man_directory='/usr/local/man',
                    zsh_completion_path='/etc/zsh_completion.d/restic')

init

Initializes a new restic repository at the current repository location.

Args

copy-chunker-params: Copy chunker parameters from the secondary repository
from_repo: Secondary repository to copy chunker parameters from
from_password_file: Path to file containing password for secondary repository
repository_version: Version number of repository format to use (can be 1 or 2)

Returns

The repository ID of the new reposityory.

Example

>>> restic.init()
'054ed643d8'

key.list

Lists keys associated with the current repository.

Args

None

Returns

List of repository keys.

Example

>>> restic.key.list()
[{'current': True, 'id': 'f1fe5fc6', 'userName': 'user1', 'hostName': 'example', 'created': '2022-12-02 11:25:13'}]

key.add

Adds a new key to the current repository.

Args

host: Hostname for new keys
new_password_file: File from which to read the new password
user: Username for new keys

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.key.add(new_password_file='/tmp/new-password-file')
'saved new key as <Key of mbaur@mbaur, created on 2022-12-02 13:01:50.203169 +0100 CET m=+3.228546835>\n'

key.remove

Removes a new from the current repository.

Args

key_id: ID of the key which should be removed

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.key.remove(key_id='34b8e8c5')
'removed key 34b8e8c5907825a738c07de8b2500147b305ea78d1f59f17ce3119c11dd177b2\n'

key.passwd

Args

new_password_file: File from which to read the new password

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.key.passwd(new_password_file='/tmp/new-password-file')
'saved new key as <Key of mbaur@mbaur, created on 2022-12-02 13:03:17.384077 +0100 CET m=+3.256624876>\n'

list.locks

List all locks in the restic repository.

Args

None

Returns

A list of string identifiers for repository locks

Example

>>> restic.list.locks()
['f2f5930f75a274531d9ff2d9548381ece1a4c42625bc04e1de61e78fbe24b09e', 'db7fb954be6c0d97f0d2a34d173678c35dbdabb1c61a9c28fdfc41e56627d17a']

restore

Restores a snapshot from the repository to the specified path.

Args

snapshot_id: ID of snapshot to restore (default: latest)
include: String specifying a pattern to include, exclude everything else
exclude: A list of file patterns to exclude from restore operation
target_dir: String specifying output directory to place restored data

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.restore(target_dir='/tmp/restored1')

rewrite

Rewrite a snapshot to remove information from the repo.

Args

snapshot_id: ID of snapshot to rewrite
dry_run: Set to True to perform just a dry run of the rewrite
exclude: A list of file patterns to remove from the snapshot(s)
exclude_file: A file containing file patterns to remove from the snapshot(s)
forget: Delete the previous snapshot after rewrite

Returns

None.

Example

>>> restic.rewrite(exclude=['.ignore'], forget=True)

self_update

Updates the restic binary in place.

Args

None

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.self_update()

snapshots

Retrieve a list of snapshots in the repo

Args

snapshot_id: ID of the snapshot which should be listed
group_by: String for grouping snapshots by host, paths, tags
tags: List of snapshot tags
path: String for filtering snapshots on (absolute) path
host: String for filtering snapshots on host

Returns

A list of dictionary objects representing each snapshot.

Example

>>> restic.snapshots(group_by='host')
[
  {
    "group_key": {
      "hostname": "ace809d23440",
      "paths": null,
      "tags": null
    },
    "snapshots": [
      {
        "gid": 3434,
        "hostname": "ace809d23440",
        "id": "bbe7f04941ed969ee940bb41dc04196027fcfb83dbdfea93c16afb2cb9f6dd81",
        "paths": [
          "/tmp/tmp6594jneh/mydata.txt"
        ],
        "short_id": "bbe7f049",
        "time": "2021-03-28T21:31:44.477122573Z",
        "tree": "f589421bafdae95f5be5eea6285074b7ddc54aa0ffd1ad606f74d1e6207d20a3",
        "uid": 3434,
        "username": "circleci"
      }
    ]
  }
]

stats

Retrieve stats about the current restic repository.

Args

mode: Type of stats to retrieve. Can be one of restore-size, files-by-contents, blobs-per-file or raw-data
tags: A list of tags indicating which snapshots to consider (can be specified multiple times)
host: A string for the hostname indicating which snapshots to consider

Returns

A dictionary of stats about the restic repository.

Example

>>> restic.stats(mode='restore-size')
{
  'total_size': 20,
  'total_file_count': 3
}

version

Retrieves the version information about the restic binary.

Args

None

Returns

None

Example

>>> restic.binary_path = 'c:/restic/restic_0.16.2_windows_amd64.exe'
>>> restic.version()
{
    'architecture': 'amd64',
    'go_version': '1.20.6',
    'platform_version': 'windows',
    'restic_version': '0.16.2'
}