BackupManager

class utils.BackupManager

Bases: object

This class manages all thing relating to backups.

Methods Summary

create(messurement, start, end)	Create a new backup locally.
delete_backup(filename)	Delete specified backup files.
get_backups()	List backup files which exist locally.
get_backups_folder()	Get the path to the local backup folder.

Methods Documentation

create(messurement: str, start: str = None, end: str = None) → str

Create a new backup locally.

Parameters:

• messurement – The messurement type i.e. ‘readings’ or ‘logs’.
• start – Datetime start of backup period (default: 1 hour ago).
• end – Datetime end of backup period (default: Now).

Returns:

Saved file name

Raises:

LookupError if no data to backup

delete_backup(filename: str)

Delete specified backup files.

Parameters:filename – The name of the backup file to delete. This cannont be a path and must be in the backups folder. Raises:FileNotFoundError

get_backups() → List[Dict]

List backup files which exist locally.

Returns:List of dictionarys containing filename, stem, dataset, start and end.

get_backups_folder() → unipath.path.Path

Get the path to the local backup folder. Automatically creates folder if does not exist.

Returns:List of Paths Return type:path