attic_dump_archive_metadata.py

from binascii import hexlify
import sys
from attic.archive import Archive
from attic.remote import RemoteRepository
from attic.repository import Repository
from attic.helpers import Location, Manifest

if __name__ == '__main__':
    location = Location(sys.argv[1])
    if location.proto == 'ssh':
        repository = RemoteRepository(location)
    else:
        repository = Repository(location.path)
    manifest, key = Manifest.load(repository)
    archive = Archive(repository, key, manifest, location.archive)
    for i, item_id in enumerate(archive.metadata[b'items']):
        data = key.decrypt(item_id, repository.get(item_id))
        filename = '{}_{}.items'.format(i, hexlify(item_id).decode('ascii'))
        print('Dumping', filename)
        with open(filename, 'wb') as fd:
            fd.write(data)
    print('Done')