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postgresql_copy – Copy data between a file/program and a PostgreSQL table

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Copy data between a file/program and a PostgreSQL table.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • psycopg2

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
ca_cert
string
Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s).
If the file exists, the server's certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities.

aliases: ssl_rootcert
columns
list / elements=string
List of column names for the src/dst table to COPY FROM/TO.

aliases: column
copy_from
path
Copy data from a file to a table (appending the data to whatever is in the table already).
Mutually exclusive with copy_to and src.

aliases: from
copy_to
path
Copy the contents of a table to a file.
Can also copy the results of a SELECT query.
Mutually exclusive with copy_from and dst.

aliases: to
db
string
Name of database to connect to.

aliases: login_db
dst
string
Copy data to dst=tablename from copy_from=/path/to/data.file.
Used with copy_from only.

aliases: destination
login_host
string
Host running the database.
login_password
string
The password used to authenticate with.
login_unix_socket
string
Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
login_user
string
Default:
"postgres"
The username used to authenticate with.
options
dictionary
Options of COPY command.
See the full list of available options https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html.
port
integer
Default:
5432
Database port to connect to.

aliases: login_port
program
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Mark src/dst as a program. Data will be copied to/from a program.
See block Examples and PROGRAM arg description https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html.
session_role
string
Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of.
Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.
src
string
Copy data from copy_from to src=tablename.
Used with copy_to only.

aliases: source
ssl_mode
string
    Choices:
  • allow
  • disable
  • prefer ←
  • require
  • verify-ca
  • verify-full
Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server.
See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes.
Default of prefer matches libpq default.

Notes

Note

  • Supports PostgreSQL version 9.4+.
  • COPY command is only allowed to database superusers.
  • if check_mode=yes, we just check the src/dst table availability and return the COPY query that actually has not been executed.
  • If i(check_mode=yes) and the source has been passed as SQL, the module will execute it and rolled the transaction back but pay attention it can affect database performance (e.g., if SQL collects a lot of data).
  • The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the postgres account on the host.
  • To avoid “Peer authentication failed for user postgres” error, use postgres user as a become_user.
  • This module uses psycopg2, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 is installed on the host before using this module.
  • If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host.
  • For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.
  • The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.

See Also

See also

COPY command reference
Complete reference of the COPY command documentation.

Examples

- name: Copy text TAB-separated data from file /tmp/data.txt to acme table
  postgresql_copy:
    copy_from: /tmp/data.txt
    dst: acme

- name: Copy CSV (comma-separated) data from file /tmp/data.csv to columns id, name of table acme
  postgresql_copy:
    copy_from: /tmp/data.csv
    dst: acme
    columns: id,name
    options:
      format: csv

- name: >
    Copy text vertical-bar-separated data from file /tmp/data.txt to bar table.
    The NULL values are specified as N
  postgresql_copy:
    copy_from: /tmp/data.csv
    dst: bar
    options:
      delimiter: '|'
      null: 'N'

- name: Copy data from acme table to file /tmp/data.txt in text format, TAB-separated
  postgresql_copy:
    src: acme
    copy_to: /tmp/data.txt

- name: Copy data from SELECT query to/tmp/data.csv in CSV format
  postgresql_copy:
    src: 'SELECT * FROM acme'
    copy_to: /tmp/data.csv
    options:
      format: csv

- name: Copy CSV data from my_table to gzip
  postgresql_copy:
    src: my_table
    copy_to: 'gzip > /tmp/data.csv.gz'
    program: yes
    options:
      format: csv

- name: >
    Copy data from columns id, name of table bar to /tmp/data.txt.
    Output format is text, vertical-bar-separated, NULL as N
  postgresql_copy:
    src: bar
    columns:
    - id
    - name
    copy_to: /tmp/data.csv
    options:
      delimiter: '|'
      null: 'N'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
dst
string
always
Data destination.

Sample:
/tmp/data.csv
queries
string
always
List of executed queries.

Sample:
["COPY test_table FROM '/tmp/data_file.txt' (FORMAT csv, DELIMITER ',', NULL 'NULL')"]
src
string
always
Data source.

Sample:
mytable


Status

Authors

  • Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007)

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