jazzband/django-silk

Add command to clear profiling data

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#137 opened on Aug 26, 2016

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Description

It would be great to have a way to sunset old profiling data (whether by simply clearing it or archiving it some way). It's not ideal to clear the entire data set regularly. Ideally this isn't something I need to micromanage manually.

Best could be a line I can throw into a cron that will call a manage.py command to clear records older than N days.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backenddatabase
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Django basicsPythonDjango management commands
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
Implement a custom Django management command in the silk app (likely under silk/management/commands/). The command should accept an optional days argument to delete profiling records older than N days. Refer to Django docs on writing custom management commands. Check existing commands in the repo for patterns. The implementation will involve querying the database model (likely Request or Profile) and deleting old records.