Manipulator

Manipulator is a CLI tool to help manage GwentAPI

This application is a tool to quickly perform maintenance operation on GwentAPI database and application.

Update the mongoDB database

When a new release of Gwent happens you will have to generate the json file containing the card definitions in the standard format as defined by Gwent Community Developers.

Once you have the file, you can use manipulator to update the GwentAPI service.

Before the current database is updated, the tool will create a backup of the databases of your local mongod under ./backup/.

./manipulator update --input <pathToFile.json> --db gwentapi

If the --db flag is not specified, the default database of mongoDB will be used: test.

You may use the --ssl option to connect to the database with ssl. If your database is not accessible from localhost, you can specify different hosts with the --host flag.

./manipulator update --input <pathToFile.json> --db gwentapi --host <myAddress>

If you are running a replica set, you can supply a list of hosts like so:

./manipulator update --input <pathToFile.json> --db gwentapi --host \
"host1[:porthost1],
host2[:porthost2],
host3[:porthost3]"

Download the new artworks

As per the design of the standard format, card artworks are available from an URI. To download the new artworks, run the following command:

./manipulator artwork --input <pathToFile.json>

By default, the artwork will be saved under the ./artworks/ directory. You can specify a different path by using the --out flag:

./manipulator artwork --input <pathToFile.json> --out <outputPath>

Backup the database

You can backup the databases of your local mongod without being in the process of updating the db:

./manipulator backup

Or for a remote database (replica set supported):

./manipulator backup --u username --p password --authenticationDatabase admin --ssl --host "host1,host2,host3"

Additional help

You can run the --help flag on the program or on specific commands to learn more.

WIP and planned features

• Being able to specify backup destination.

• Better backup archive structure to add contextual info like:

  • Which server was updated?
  • What was the card definition version?

• Rollback feature.