Fixed #25658 -- Allowed inspectdb to inspect a specific set of tables.

AUTHORS

@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com>
     Jorge Bastida <me@jorgebastida.com>
     Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org>
+    José Tomás Tocino García <josetomas.tocino@gmail.com>
     Joseph Kocherhans <joseph@jkocherhans.com>
     Josh Smeaton <josh.smeaton@gmail.com>
     Joshua Ginsberg <jag@flowtheory.net>

django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     db_module = 'django.db'
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('table', action='store', nargs='*', type=str,
+            help='Selects what tables or views should be introspected.')
         parser.add_argument('--database', action='store', dest='database',
             default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, help='Nominates a database to '
             'introspect. Defaults to using the "default" database.')
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             yield ''
             yield 'from %s import models' % self.db_module
             known_models = []
-            for table_name in connection.introspection.table_names(cursor):
+            tables_to_introspect = options['table'] or connection.introspection.table_names(cursor)
+
+            for table_name in tables_to_introspect:
                 if table_name_filter is not None and callable(table_name_filter):
                     if not table_name_filter(table_name):
                         continue

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -354,11 +354,12 @@ Specifies the database to flush. Defaults to ``default``.
 ``inspectdb``
 -------------
 
-.. django-admin:: inspectdb
+.. django-admin:: inspectdb [table [table ...]]
 
 Introspects the database tables in the database pointed-to by the
 :setting:`NAME` setting and outputs a Django model module (a ``models.py``
-file) to standard output.
+file) to standard output. You may choose what tables to inspect by passing
+their names as arguments.
 
 Use this if you have a legacy database with which you'd like to use Django.
 The script will inspect the database and create a model for each table within
@@ -406,6 +407,11 @@ table's lifecycle, you'll need to change the
 :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.managed` option to ``True`` (or simply remove
 it because ``True`` is its default value).
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.10
+
+    Support for the ``table`` argument(s) to choose what tables should be
+    inspected was added.
+
 .. django-admin-option:: --database DATABASE
 
 Specifies the database to introspect. Defaults to ``default``.

docs/releases/1.10.txt

@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ Management Commands
 * The :djadmin:`shell` command supports tab completion on systems using
   ``libedit``, e.g. Mac OSX.
 
+* The :djadmin:`inspectdb` command lets you choose what tables should be
+  inspected by specifying their names as arguments.
+
 Migrations
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/inspectdb/tests.py

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ class InspectDBTestCase(TestCase):
         # inspected
         self.assertNotIn("class DjangoContentType(models.Model):", out.getvalue(), msg=error_message)
 
+    def test_table_option(self):
+        """
+        inspectdb can inspect a subset of tables by passing the table names as
+        arguments.
+        """
+        out = StringIO()
+        call_command('inspectdb', 'inspectdb_people', stdout=out)
+        output = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn('class InspectdbPeople(models.Model):', output)
+        self.assertNotIn("InspectdbPeopledata", output)
+
     def make_field_type_asserter(self):
         """Call inspectdb and return a function to validate a field type in its output"""
         out = StringIO()