SurrealQL statements for backup/restore and import/export

[ansarizafar]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Currently we can only perform Backup/Restore and Import/Export with CLI and There is no way to initiate these task with SurrealQL.

Describe the solution

I suggest adding SurrealQL statements for performing backup/restore and import/export data.

BACKUP INTO '{collectionURI}';
RESTORE DATABASE bank FROM LATEST IN '{collectionURI}';
RESTORE TABLE bank.customers FROM LATEST IN '{collectionURI}';

Reference: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/backup.html

These statements will enable us to initiate and schedule backup/restore from code.

Alternative methods

CLI can be used to perform backup/restore.

SurrealDB version

v1.0.0-beta.4

Contact Details

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Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

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[ntorrey]

I was just about to add a feature request for this until I hit the checkbox labeled "I have searched the existing issues"!
This would greatly simplify my life. I've already spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how to download the data file from my fly.io instance of SurrealDB. I suppose each use case will differ in the approach to actually downloading the data, which is why a Surreal SQL statement would make the process simple and consistent for everyone.

[ntorrey]

EDIT: See comment below for a much better way

I couldn't wait any longer for this feature so I just rolled my own!
https://gist.github.com/ntorrey/465210e29dbf0dd9ed274a651d79f2cd

[ntorrey]

@tobiemh Sorry to ping you on this, but just wanted to make sure this feature request is not forgotten! I use Google's firebase functions to automatically make backups of my database to firebase storage (with a custom backup script that basically loops through all the records in my database - not great performance-wise but is fine for my use-case). Since they are run from a node environment it sure would be useful if I could actually retrieve the export file via the JavaScript library. I suppose this would be useful for others too who are looking for similar functionality? Or maybe @kearfy would be the one to ask about the js library? Thanks!

[ntorrey]

Silly me - this functionality is already possible for me using the /export and /import REST endpoints! Not sure why I didn't think of this before.
In any case, I think this feature would still be useful.
If anyone else is using firebase functions and wants to know how I scheduled regular backups and got imports working, just ping me.