add json documentation

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Kyle Brennan 2020-05-15 21:40:09 -07:00 committed by Michael Eischer
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@ -37,3 +37,252 @@ exit code if a different error is encountered (e.g.: incorrect password
to ``cat config``) and it may print a different error message. If there
are no errors, restic will return a zero exit code and print the repository
metadata.
Restic and json
***************
Restic can output json data if requested with the ``--json`` flag.
The structure of that data varies depending on the circumstance. The
json output of Most restic commands are documented here.
.. note::
Not all commands support json output. If a command does not support json output,
at the time of writing, it is not supported yet. (feel free to submit a pull request!)
Backup
------
backup has multiple json structures, outlined below.
Status
^^^^^^
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``message_type`` | always "status" |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``seconds_elapsed`` | Time since backup started |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``seconds_remaining`` | Estimated time remaining |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``percent_done`` | Percentage of data backed up. (bytes_done/total_bytes) |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``total_files`` | Total number of files detected |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``files_done`` | Files completed (backed up or skipped) |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``total_bytes`` | Total number of bytes in backup set |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``bytes_done`` | Number of bytes completed |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``error_count`` | Number of errors |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|``current_files`` | List of files currently being backed up |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
Error
^^^^^
+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| ``message_type`` | always "error" |
+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| ``error`` | error message |
+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| ``during`` | what restic was trying to do |
+----------------------+--------------------------------+
| ``item`` | what item was being processed |
+----------------------+--------------------------------+
Verbose Status
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``message_type`` | Always "verbose_status" |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``action`` | Either "new", "unchanged" or "modified" |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``item`` | The item in question |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``duration`` | How long it took, in seconds |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``data_size`` | How big item is |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``metadata_size`` | How big the metadata is |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| ``total_files`` | how many total files there are. |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
Summary
^^^^^^^
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``message_type`` | Always "summary" |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``files_new`` | Number of new files |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``files_changed`` | Number of files that changed |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``files_unmodified`` | Number of files that did not change |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``dirs_new`` | Number of new directories |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``dirs_changed`` | Number of directories that changed |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``dirs_unmodified`` | Number of directories that did not change |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``data_blobs`` | Number of data blobs |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``tree_blobs`` | Number of tree blobs |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``data_added`` | Amount of data added, in bytes |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``total_files_processed`` | Total number of files processed |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``total_bytes_processed`` | Total number of bytes processed |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``total_duration`` | Total time it took for the operation to complete |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ``snapshot_id`` | the ID of the new snapshot |
+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
snapshots
---------
Snapshots returns a single json structure with a number of optional fields.
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``hostname`` | contains the hostname of the machine that's being backed up. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``username`` | contains the username that the backup command was run as. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``excludes`` | contains a list of paths and globs that were excluded from the backup. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``tags`` | contains a list of tags for the snapshot in question. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``id`` | contains the long snapshot id. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``short_id`` | contains the short snapshot id. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``time`` | contains the timestamp of the backup. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``parent`` | contains the id of the previous backup. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``tree`` | contains something... |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``paths`` | contains a list of paths that were included in the backup. |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
cat
---
Cat will return data about various objects in the repository, already in json form.
By specifying ``--json``, it will suppress any non-json messages the command generates.
find
----
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``path`` | Object path |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``permissions`` | unix permissions |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``type`` | what type it is e.g. file, dir, etc... |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``atime`` | Access time |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``mtime`` | Modification time |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``ctime`` | Creation time |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``name`` | Object name |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``user`` | Name of owner |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``group`` | Name of group |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``uid`` | ID of owner |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``gid`` | ID of group |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
| ``size`` | size of object in bytes |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------+
key list
--------
+--------------+------------------------------------+
| ``current`` | Is currently used key? |
+--------------+------------------------------------+
| ``id`` | Unique key ID |
+--------------+------------------------------------+
| ``userName`` | user who created it |
+--------------+------------------------------------+
| ``hostName`` | name of machine it was created on |
+--------------+------------------------------------+
| ``created`` | timestamp when it was created |
+--------------+------------------------------------+
ls
--
snapshot
^^^^^^^^
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``time`` | Snapshot time |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``tree`` | Snapshot tree root |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``paths`` | List of paths included in snapshot |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``hostname`` | hostname of snapshot |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``username`` | user snapshot was run as |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``uid`` | uid of backup process |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``gid`` | gid of backup process |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``id`` | snapshot id, long form |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``short_id`` | snapshot id, short form |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``struct_type`` | always "snapshot" |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------+
node
^^^^
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``name`` | node name |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``type`` | node type |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``path`` | node path |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``uid`` | uid of node |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``gid`` | gid of node |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``size`` | size in bytes |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``mode`` | node mode |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``atime`` | node access time |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``mtime`` | node modification time |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``ctime`` | node creation time |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
| ``struct_type`` | always "node" |
+-----------------+--------------------------+
stats
-----
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``total_size`` | Repository size in bytes |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``total_file_count`` | Number of files backed up in the repository |
+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+