Backup to Google Drive through rclone

rclone-backup.py

#!/usr/bin/python3 
import os, os.path
import sys 
import time 
from datetime import datetime 

def help(): 
    print("Data reaper!")
    print("Written by: @0xdeadbeer")
    print(" - first_param: list containing file locations to backup")
    print(" - second_param: destination rclone drive")
    print(" - third_param: destination folder")
    print(" - fourth_param: backup filename prefix")
    print(" - fifth_param: backups limit")

# first_param: list containing file locations to backup
# second_param: destination rclone drive
# third_param: destination folder
# fourth_param: backup filename prefix 
# fifth_param: backups limit

def main():
    if (len(sys.argv) != 6): 
        help()
        return

    # set environment variables 
    print("ENC_PASSWORD " + os.getenv("ENC_PASSWORD"))
    print("RCLONE_PASSWORD " + os.getenv("RCLONE"))

    backup_links = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
    to_backup = []

    for line in backup_links:
        line = line.strip()
        if (not line): continue
        if (line[0] == "#"): continue

        to_backup.append(line)

    to_backup = " ".join(to_backup)
    destination_drive = sys.argv[2]

    now = datetime.now().strftime("%d_%m_%y_%H_%M_%S")
    backup_filename = f"{sys.argv[4]}_{now}"
    remote_destination = sys.argv[3]

    os.system(f"zip -r - {to_backup} | openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -pbkdf2 -in - -out /dev/stdout -pass pass:$ENC_PASSWORD | RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS=$RCLONE rclone rcat {destination_drive}:{remote_destination}/{backup_filename}.enc ")

    # number of items in folder
    number_of_backups_command = f"RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS=$RCLONE rclone ls {destination_drive}:{remote_destination} | wc -l"
    backups_number = int(os.popen(number_of_backups_command).read())
    print("Number of backups " + str(backups_number))

    while (backups_number > int(sys.argv[5])):
        awk_subcommand = "awk '{print $2 \" \" $3 \" \" $4}'"
        awk_second_subcommand = "awk '{print $3}'"
        oldest = os.popen(f"RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS=$RCLONE rclone lsl {destination_drive}:{remote_destination} | {awk_subcommand} | sort --stable --key=1,2 | {awk_second_subcommand} | head -n 1").read()
        os.system(f"RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS=$RCLONE rclone delete {destination_drive}:{remote_destination}/{oldest}")
        backups_number = int(os.popen(number_of_backups_command).read())

    # we are done babyyy

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()