Command

This class outputs the contents of the database as a fixture of a specified format. It supports filtering by application or model, excluding specific data, and utilizing natural keys for serialization. Users can customize the output through various options such as indentation, database selection, and primary key filtering.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
help	string	Output the contents of the database as a fixture of the given format (using each model's default manager unless --all is specified).

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Methods

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add_arguments()

@classmethod
def add_arguments(
    parser: [CommandParser](../../base/commandparser.md?sid=django_core_management_base_commandparser)
)

Configures the command-line argument parser with options for filtering data, selecting output formats, and specifying the target database.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parser	[CommandParser](../../base/commandparser.md?sid=django_core_management_base_commandparser)	The argument parser instance to which dumpdata-specific arguments like --format, --indent, and --exclude are added.

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handle()

@classmethod
def handle(
    app_labels: str,
    options: dict
) - > null

Output the contents of the database as a fixture of the given format (using each model's default manager unless --all is specified).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
app_labels	str	Optional list of app labels or app_label.ModelName strings to restrict the data being dumped.
options	dict	A dictionary of parsed command-line arguments including 'format', 'indent', 'database', and 'output' path.

Returns

Type	Description
null	The method writes serialized data directly to a file or stdout and does not return a value.

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