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===
API
===
Config Parameters
=================
.. _general_config:
General Section
---------------
::
[general]
status_path = ...
#processes = 0
- ``status_path``: A directory where vdirsyncer will store metadata for the
next sync. The data is needed to determine whether a new item means it has
been added on one side or deleted on the other.
- ``processes``: Optional, defines the maximal amount of threads to use for
syncing. By default there is no limit, which means vdirsyncer will try to
open a connection for each collection to be synced. The value ``0`` is
ignored. Setting this to ``1`` will only synchronize one collection at a
time.
While this often greatly increases performance, you might have valid reasons
to set this to a smaller number. For example, your DAV server running on a
Raspberry Pi is so slow that multiple connections don't help much, since the
CPU and not the network is the bottleneck.
.. note::
Due to restrictions in Python's threading module, setting ``processes``
to anything else than ``1`` will mean that you can't properly abort the
program with ``^C`` anymore.
.. _pair_config:
Pair Section
------------
::
[pair pair_name]
a = ...
b = ...
#conflict_resolution = ...
- ``a`` and ``b`` reference the storages to sync by their names.
- ``collections``: Optional, a comma-separated list of collections to
synchronize. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed the storages are
already directly pointing to one collection each. Specifying a collection
multiple times won't make vdirsyncer sync that collection more than once.
Furthermore, there are the special values ``from a`` and ``from b``, which
tell vdirsyncer to try autodiscovery on a specific storage::
collections = from b,foo,bar # all in storage b + "foo" + "bar"
collections = from b,from a # all in storage a + all in storage b
- ``conflict_resolution``: Optional, define how conflicts should be handled. A
conflict occurs when one item changed on both sides since the last sync.
Valid values are ``a wins`` and ``b wins``. By default, vdirsyncer will show
an error and abort the synchronization.
.. _storage_config:
Storage Section
---------------
::
[storage storage_name]
type = ...
- ``type`` defines which kind of storage is defined. See :ref:`storages`.
- ``read_only`` defines whether the storage should be regarded as a read-only
storage. The value ``True`` means synchronization will discard any changes
made to the other side. The value ``False`` implies normal 2-way
synchronization.
- Any further parameters are passed on to the storage class.
.. _storages:
Supported Storages
==================
.. module:: vdirsyncer.storage
Read-write storages
-------------------
These storages generally support reading and changing of their items. Their
default value for ``read_only`` is ``False``, but can be set to ``True`` if
wished.
.. autoclass:: CaldavStorage
.. autoclass:: CarddavStorage
.. autoclass:: FilesystemStorage
.. autoclass:: SingleFileStorage
Read-only storages
------------------
These storages don't support writing of their items, consequently ``read_only``
is set to ``True`` by default. Changing ``read_only`` to ``False`` on them
leads to an error.
.. autoclass:: HttpStorage