A Python 3 script to automate the download of SQL backups via a phpMyAdmin web interface.
This is useful when your web hosting provider does not grant you access to a console (for mysqldump) but you want to automate the backup of your database (without having to manually use the browser).
It has been tested with Python 3.8 on Linux and the following versions of phpMyAdmin: 5.2
Note: The web interface of phpMyAdmin may change in the future and break this script. Please file a bug report (including your version of phpMyAdmin) if you encounter this issue.
usage: phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-p] [-e EXCLUDE_DBS] [-s SERVER_NAME] [--compression {none,zip,gzip}] [--basename BASENAME] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--overwrite-existing] [--prefix-format PREFIX_FORMAT] [--dry-run] [--http-auth HTTP_AUTH] URL USERNAME PASSWORD Automates the download of SQL dump backups via a phpMyAdmin web interface. positional arguments: URL phpMyAdmin login page url USERNAME phpMyAdmin login username PASSWORD phpMyAdmin login password optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, --output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY output directory for the SQL dump file (default: the current working directory) -p, --prepend-date prepend current UTC date & time to the filename; see the --prefix-format option for custom formatting -e EXCLUDE_DBS, --exclude-dbs EXCLUDE_DBS comma-separated list of database names to exclude from the dump -s SERVER_NAME, --server-name SERVER_NAME mysql server hostname to supply if enabled as field on login page --compression {none,zip,gzip} compression method for the output file - must be supported by the server (default: none) --basename BASENAME the desired basename (without extension) of the SQL dump file (default: the name given by phpMyAdmin); you can also set an empty basename "" in combination with --prepend-date and --prefix-format --timeout TIMEOUT timeout in seconds for the requests (default: 60) --overwrite-existing overwrite existing SQL dump files (instead of appending a number to the name) --prefix-format PREFIX_FORMAT the prefix format for --prepend-date (default: "%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-UTC_"); in Python's strftime format. Must be used with --prepend-date to be in effect --dry-run dry run, do not actually download any file --http-auth HTTP_AUTH Basic HTTP authentication, using format "username:password" Written by Christoph Haunschmidt et al., version: 2019-05-07.1 phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py "http://www.example.com/phpmyadmin/" your_user your_password Downloads a plain text .sql backup of all databases to the current working directory.
phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py "http://www.example.com/phpmyadmin/" your_user your_password --exclude-dbs mydb2,mydb4 --prepend-date --basename example_dump --output-directory /tmp --compression zip Downloads a zipped dump with databases mydb2 & mydb4 excluded, the base name example_dump and a prepended UTC date / time to the directory /tmp, e.g. /tmp/2016-03-11--15-19-04-UTC_example_dump.zip.
- A Python 3.8+ installation on your system
- Requirements -
pip install -r requirements.txt
Note for Windows users: while it is possible to install the requirements natively, it is often easier to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux if you are using Windows 10
Currently, there is no changelog; the best option at the moment is to read the commit messages.
- Christoph Haunschmidt (original author)
- Jason Harper (optional mysql server hostname)
- Jonas Bengtsson (older frame-based phpMyAdmin support)
- Benoît Courtine (HTTP Auth)