Django management command for dumping database

dump_database.py

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from django.conf import settings
from optparse import make_option
import os

# default dump commands, you can overwrite these in your settings.
MYSQLDUMP_CMD = getattr(settings, 'MYSQLDUMP_CMD', 'mysqldump --host=%(host)s --port=%(port)s --opt --complete-insert --compact --skip-add-locks -u"%(user)s" -p"%(password)s" %(database)s > %(filename)s')
SQLITE3DUMP_CMD = getattr(settings, 'SQLITE3DUMP_CMD', 'echo ".dump" | sqlite3 %(database)s > %(filename)s')

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Complete dump of database of this project'

    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list +(
        make_option("--database", help="Select database to dump"),
    )

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        if not args:
            print 'Write name of the outup file!\n'
            return
        else:
            filename = args[0]
    
        database = self.get_database_settings(options['database'])
        
        if database['ENGINE'].endswith('mysql'):
            cmd = MYSQLDUMP_CMD % dict(
                        host = database['HOST'],
                        port = database['PORT'],
                        user = database['USER'],
                        password = database['PASSWORD'],
                        database = database['NAME'],
                        filename = filename,
                    )
        elif database['ENGINE'].endswith('sqlite3'):
            cmd = SQLITE3DUMP_CMD % dict(
                        database = database['NAME'],
                        filename = filename,
                    )
        else:
            print "Sorry, dump_database only supports mysql and sqlite3 database backends.\n"
            return
        
        os.system(cmd)
    
    
    def get_database_settings(self, database=None):
        if database:
            return settings.DATABASES[database]
        
        try:
            return settings.DATABASES['default']
        except:
            return {
                'ENGINE'    : settings.DATABASE_ENGINE,
                'NAME'      : settings.DATABASE_NAME,
                'USER'      : settings.DATABASE_USER,
                'PASSWORD'  : settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
                'HOST'      : settings.DATABASE_HOST,
                'PORT'      : settings.DATABASE_PORT,
            }