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A REPL for Postgres
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This is a postgres client that does auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
Home Page: http://pgcli.com
MySQL Equivalent: http://mycli.net
.. image:: screenshots/pgcli.gif
.. image:: screenshots/image01.png
Quick Start
-----------
If you already know how to install python packages, then you can simply do:
::
$ pip install -U pgcli
or
$ brew install pgcli # Only on macOS
If you don't know how to install python packages, please check the
`detailed instructions`__.
__ https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli#detailed-installation-instructions
Usage
-----
::
$ pgcli [database_name]
or
$ pgcli postgresql://[user[:password]@][netloc][:port][/dbname]
Examples:
::
$ pgcli local_database
$ pgcli postgres://amjith:pa$$w0rd@example.com:5432/app_db
Features
--------
The `pgcli` is written using prompt_toolkit_.
* Auto-completes as you type for SQL keywords as well as tables and
columns in the database.
* Syntax highlighting using Pygments.
* Smart-completion (enabled by default) will suggest context-sensitive
completion.
- ``SELECT * FROM <tab>`` will only show table names.
- ``SELECT * FROM users WHERE <tab>`` will only show column names.
* Primitive support for ``psql`` back-slash commands.
* Pretty prints tabular data.
Note: `pgcli` uses the `tabulate`_ package to pretty-print tables. This library does smart formatting
of numbers, which can sometimes lead to unexpected output. See `this issue`_ for more details.
.. _prompt_toolkit: https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit
.. _tabulate: https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/blob/master/pgcli/packages/tabulate.py
.. _this issue: https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/issues/617
Config
------
A config file is automatically created at ``~/.config/pgcli/config`` at first launch.
See the file itself for a description of all available options.
Contributions:
--------------
If you're interested in contributing to this project, first of all I would like
to extend my heartfelt gratitude. I've written a small doc to describe how to
get this running in a development setup.
https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/blob/master/DEVELOP.rst
Please feel free to reach out to me if you need help.
My email: amjith.r@gmail.com, Twitter: `@amjithr <http://twitter.com/amjithr>`_
Detailed Installation Instructions:
-----------------------------------
macOS:
======
The easiest way to install pgcli is using Homebrew.
::
$ brew install pgcli
Done!
Alternatively, you can install ``pgcli`` as a python package using a package
manager called called ``pip``. You will need postgres installed on your system
for this to work.
In depth getting started guide for ``pip`` - https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html.
::
$ which pip
If it is installed then you can do:
::
$ pip install pgcli
If that fails due to permission issues, you might need to run the command with
sudo permissions.
::
$ sudo pip install pgcli
If pip is not installed check if easy_install is available on the system.
::
$ which easy_install
$ sudo easy_install pgcli
Linux:
======
In depth getting started guide for ``pip`` - https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html.
Check if pip is already available in your system.
::
$ which pip
If it doesn't exist, use your linux package manager to install `pip`. This
might look something like:
::
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc
or
$ sudo yum install python-pip # RHEL, Centos, Fedora etc
``pgcli`` requires python-dev, libpq-dev and libevent-dev packages. You can
install these via your operating system package manager.
::
$ sudo apt-get install python-dev libpq-dev libevent-dev
or
$ sudo yum install python-devel postgresql-devel
Then you can install pgcli:
::
$ sudo pip install pgcli
Docker
======
Pgcli can be run from within Docker. This can be useful to try pgcli without
installing it, or any dependencies, system-wide.
To build the image:
::
$ docker build -t pgcli .
To create a container from the image:
::
$ docker run --rm -ti pgcli pgcli <ARGS>
To access postgresql databases listening on localhost, make sure to run the
docker in "host net mode". E.g. to access a database called "foo" on the
postgresql server running on localhost:5432 (the standard port):
::
$ docker run --rm -ti --net host pgcli pgcli -h localhost foo
To connect to a locally running instance over a unix socket, bind the socket to
the docker container:
::
$ docker run --rm -ti -v /var/run/postgres:/var/run/postgres pgcli pgcli foo
Thanks:
-------
A special thanks to `Jonathan Slenders <https://twitter.com/jonathan_s>`_ for
creating `Python Prompt Toolkit <http://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit>`_,
which is quite literally the backbone library, that made this app possible.
Jonathan has also provided valuable feedback and support during the development
of this app.
`Click <http://click.pocoo.org/>`_ is used for command line option parsing
and printing error messages.
Thanks to `psycopg <http://initd.org/psycopg/>`_ for providing a rock solid
interface to Postgres database.
Thanks to all the beta testers and contributors for your time and patience. :)
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