From af3b994f002fcab899a7d2a896f5748fee1fb891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alireza Ahmadi <alireza7@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:42:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cli backup #1106

---
 cmd/backup.go | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 cmd/cmd.go    | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cmd/backup.go

diff --git a/cmd/backup.go b/cmd/backup.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..313b4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/alireza0/s-ui/config"
+	"github.com/alireza0/s-ui/database"
+)
+
+func backupDb(output string, exclude string) {
+	if output == "" {
+		fmt.Println("backup failed: -output is required (use - for stdout)")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := database.InitDB(config.GetDBPath()); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("backup failed:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	data, err := database.GetDb(exclude)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("backup failed:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if output == "-" {
+		if _, err := os.Stdout.Write(data); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "backup failed:", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(output, data, 0600); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("backup failed:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Println("backup saved to", output)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index df99053..6432774 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func ParseCmd() {
 
 	adminCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("admin", flag.ExitOnError)
 	settingCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("setting", flag.ExitOnError)
+	backupCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("backup", flag.ExitOnError)
 
 	var username string
 	var password string
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ func ParseCmd() {
 	var subPath string
 	var reset bool
 	var show bool
+	var output string
+	var exclude string
+	backupCmd.StringVar(&output, "output", "", "backup output file path (use - for stdout)")
+	backupCmd.StringVar(&exclude, "exclude", "", "comma-separated tables to exclude: changes,stats")
 	settingCmd.BoolVar(&reset, "reset", false, "reset all settings")
 	settingCmd.BoolVar(&show, "show", false, "show current settings")
 	settingCmd.IntVar(&port, "port", 0, "set panel port")
@@ -46,10 +51,13 @@ func ParseCmd() {
 		fmt.Println("    uri            Show panel URI")
 		fmt.Println("    migrate        migrate form older version")
 		fmt.Println("    setting        set/reset/show settings")
+		fmt.Println("    backup         create a database backup")
 		fmt.Println()
 		adminCmd.Usage()
 		fmt.Println()
 		settingCmd.Usage()
+		fmt.Println()
+		backupCmd.Usage()
 	}
 
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -105,6 +113,14 @@ func ParseCmd() {
 			updateSetting(port, path, subPort, subPath)
 			showSetting()
 		}
+
+	case "backup":
+		err := backupCmd.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			return
+		}
+		backupDb(output, exclude)
 	default:
 		fmt.Println("Invalid subcommands")
 		flag.Usage()