ArangoDB client

A client for the ArangoDB nosql database for nodejs and browsers.

NOTE: This repo is now officially maintained by the developers of ArangoDB @ https://github.com/triAGENS/ArangoDB-JavaScript.

Latest changes

The Query API returns result from Aql cursors unfiltered. Before you only got the result Array missing some 'extra' information.

db.query
  .for('u').in('_users').return('u')
  .exec()
  .then(function(ret){
    console.log("ret.result", ret.result); // array with results
    console.log("ret.extra", ret.extra); // extra information
  });

A callback method has been added that can be used instead of a callback passed as argument.

x = db.database.create("newdb")
  .callback(function(err,ret){
    ... same as above ...  
  });

// x => Promise

You may however still pass a callback to the API methods in which case promises are bypassed so you achieve a little less overhead in your db.api calls.

var x = db.collection.list(function(err,ret){
  console.log("err(%s):",err,ret);
});

// x => undefined

Introduction

You can use arango-client either as node.js server module or from a web client. Since arango-client is written as a commonJS module you can just require it in your nodejs project or using the generated build file which you can include into your client side app.

Install

From source: `git clone git://github.com/triAGENS/ArangoDB-JavaScript`
web component: `component install triAGENS/ArangoDB-JavaScript`
nodejs module: `npm install arangojs`

Building

make build

Creates a single build.js component in the ./build directory. A standalone is built separately and named arango.js.

Documentation

make docs

Generates the documentation in the documentation folder. An installation of yuidocjs is required (npm i -g yuidocjs). You can visit the latest documentation on http://www.arangodb.org/manuals-javascript/master/.

Test

make test

Runs the test suite sequentially under nodejs and karma (supporting Firefox and Chrome). Feel free to chip in by writing tests if you want a more stable package.

Quick start

To use the client you require it at a commonJS module.

var arango = require('arango');

Then you initialize a connection which returns a db handle.

var db = arango.Connection("http://myarangodb.server.com:8529");
 
db.collection.list().done(function(res){
  console.log("collections: %j", res);
});

In a browser

For usage in a web browser you can either use the standalone version arango.js or the build.js component. A minimal html page using the arangodb client from a web app can look like this.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>ArangoDB in your browser</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="test"></div>
    <script src="../build/build.js"></script> 
    <script>
        var arango = require('arango'),
            elem = document.getElementById('test'),
            db = new arango.Connection;
 
        db.collection.list().then(function(res){
            elem.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(res,null,2);
        }, function(error){
            elem.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(error,null,2);
        })        
    </script> 
</body>
</html>

The standalone version yields a global arango object.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>ArangoDB in your browser</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="test"></div>
    <!-- Note: Exports global arango -->
    <script src="../build/arango.js"></script> 
    <script>
        var elem = document.getElementById('test'),
            db = new arango.Connection;
 
        db.collection.list().then(function(res){
            elem.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(res,null,2);
        }, function(error){
            elem.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(error,null,2);
        })        
    </script> 
</body>
</html>

API

The following API:s are (more or less) supported, check out the ArangoDB documentation.

The API methods return a promise. If you like nodejs callbacks you can use the callback utility provided by the micropromise framework.

Example using a promise:

db.document.get(docid).then(function(res){ 
  console.log("res: %j", res) 
},function(err){ 
  console.log("err: %j", err) 
});

Example when using a callback:

db.document.get(docid)
  .callback(function(err,res){
    if(err) console.log("err: %j", res);
    else console.log("res: %j", res);
  });

Usage

Connect()

Factory for arango connection. Sets up a connection to localhost http://127.0.0.1:8529 by default.

  db = arango.Connection()

Connection string

  db = arango.Connection("http://127.0.0.1/mydb:collection");

Connection with http auth

  db = arango.Connection("http://user:pass@your.host.com/database");

Connection object

  db = arango.Connection({_name:"database",_collection:"collection",_server:{hostname:"test.host"}});

Connecting to a unix socket (nodejs only)

  db = arango.Connection({_server:{socketPath:"/var/tmp/arango.sock"}});

String and object

  db = arango.Connection("http://test.host.com:80/default",{_server:{username:"user",password:"pass"}});

String and api plugin

  db = arango.Connection("http://test.host.com:80/foxx",{api:{'foxx':require('foxx')}});

use()

With use() you can switch connection settings

  var test = db.use("http://test.host:8520")

Use another database

  var test_mydb = test.use("/mydb");

Change to another database & collection

  var test_mydb2_mail = test_mydb.use("/mydb2:mail");

Change collection

  var test_mydb2__users = test_mydb2_mail.use(":_users");

Creating collections & documents

Initialize a Connection

var db = arango.Connection('http://127.0.0.1:8529');

Create a new database

db.database.create('mydb').then(function(res){
  console.log("Database created: %j", res);
},function(err){
  console.log("Failed to create database: %j", err);
})

Use mydb database

var mydb = db.use('/mydb');

Create a 'test' collection

mydb.collection.create('test').then(function(res){
  console.log("result: %j",res);
},function(err){
  console.log("error: %j",err);
});

List all collections in mydb, note the use of done()

mydb.collection.list().done(function(res){
  console.log("collections: %j", res);
});

Create a collection with options

mydb.collection.create('mycoll',{
  journalSize: 10000000,
  waitForSync:true,
  keyOptions: { 
    type: "autoincrement", 
    increment: 5, 
    allowUserKeys: true 
  }
}).then(function(res){
  console.log("result: %j",res);
},function(err){
  console.log("error: %j",err);
});

Delete collection (using callback)

mydb.collection.delete('mycoll').callback(function(err,ret){
  console.log("error(%s): %j", err, ret);
});

Create a 'test2' collection (using callback)

mydb.collection.create('test2').callback(function(err,ret){
  console.log("error(%s): %j", err, ret);
});

Create a new document in 'test' collection

mydb.document.create('test',{a:'test',b:123,c:Date()})
  .then(function(res){ 
    console.log("res: %j", res); 
  },function(err){ 
    console.log("err: %j", err); 
  });

Get a list of all documents in 'test' collection

mydb.document.list('test')
  .then(function(res){ 
    console.log("res: %j", res); 
  },function(err){ 
    console.log("err: %j", err); 
  });

Create a new document and create a new collection by passing in options

mydb.document.create("newcollection",{a:"test"},{createCollection:true})
  .then(function(res){ console.log("res", JSON.stringify(res) },
    function(err){ console.log("err", err) } );
});

Create document and wait for disk sync

mydb.document.create("newcollection",{a:"test"},{waitForSync:true})
  .then(function(res){ console.log("res", JSON.stringify(res) },
    function(err){ console.log("err", err) } );
});

Create another document in the collection

db.document.create("newcollection",{b:"test"})
  .then(function(res){ console.log("res", JSON.stringify(res) },
    function(err){ console.log("err", err) } );
});

Joining

  db.admin.version()
    .join(db.admin.time())
    .spread(function(v,t){ 
    console.log(v.server,v.version,t.time);
  });

Calling API methods directly

You may also request any arangodb API method by using db[METHOD](). This is particulary usefull when you create your own REST API in ArangoDB.

  db.post("/myapi/object/create",{a:1,b:2}).done(function(res){
    console.log("result from API call: %j", res);
  });

Methods supported are: get(), put(), post(), delete(), options(), head(), patch().

Queries

/* using a query string */
db.query.exec("FOR u in test RETURN u").callback(function(err,ret){
  console.log("err(%s):", err, ret);
});
 
...
/* query string with a bindVar */
db.query.exec("FOR u in @@collection return u",{'@collection':"_users"})
  .callback(function(err,ret){
    console.log("err(%s):",util.inspect(ret));
});

Note: ArangoDB expects @@ in front of collection names when using a bindvar. The bindvar attribute in this case needs to be prefixed with a single @. In all other cases the bindvar atttribute can be provided without any prefix and the variable in the query string is denoted with a single @ .

Query builder

Result batch size can be set using the query.count(<number>) method. In case of partial results the next batch can be retrieved with res.next().

/* using the query builder and a bindVar */
db.query.for('u').in('users')
  .filter('u.contact.address.state == @state')
  .collect('region = u.contact.region').into('group')
  .sort('LENGTH(group) DESC').limit('0, 5')
  .return('{"region": region, "count": LENGTH(group)}')
  .exec({state:"CA"})
  .done(function(res){
     console.log("res",res)
  });
 
             
/* test run a query */
db.query
  .for('u').in('_users').return('u')
  .exec()
  .callback(function(err,ret){
     console.log("err(%s):",err,ret);
  });
 
 
/* detailed query explanation */
db.query.explain("for u in _users return u")
  .callback(function(err,ret){
     console.log("err(%s):",err,ret);
  });
 
/* nested queries embedded as functions(){} */
query = db.query.for('likes').in(function() {
    this.for('u').in('users')
    .filter('u.gender == @gender && @likes')
    .from('u.likes').include(function() {
      this.from('value').in('u.likes')
      .filter('value != @likes')
      .return('value');
    });
  }).collect('what = likes').into('group')
  .sort('LENGTH(group) DESC')
  .limit('0, 5')
  .return('{"what": what, "count": LENGTH(group)}')
  .exec({gender:"female",likes:"running"})
  .callback(function(err,ret){
     console.log("err(%s):",err,ret);
  });
 
/* limit the result set to 1 item each iteration */
query.count(1).exec({gender:"female",likes:"running"})
  .then(function(ret){
    /* do something */
    /* fetch next item */
    return query.next();
  }).then(function(ret){
    /* do something */
  });

Actions

ArangoDB supports user defined actions that can be used for implementing business logic or creating complex queries serverside.

To invoke an action you first need to define it.

/* define an action */
db.action.define(
    {
      name: 'someAction',
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8530/test'
      method: 'post',
      result: function(res){ console.log("res:", res ) },
      error: function(err){ console.log("err:", err) }   
    }
);
 
/* submit the action */
var data = {test:"data"}
db.action.submit("someAction",data);
 
/* submit using a callback */
db.action.submit("someAction",data).callback(function(err,ret){
  console.log("err(%s):", err, ret); 
}); 
 
/* Define an action that injects code serverside.*/
/* the last argument reloads the routes, or use  */
/* db.admin.routesReload() to reload the routes. */  
db.action.define({name:"hello",url:"/hello"},function(req,res){
  /* Note: this code runs in the ArangoDB */
  res.statusCode = 200;
  res.contentType = "text/html";
  res.body = "Hello World!";
},true).done(function(ret){
  console.log("Action %s defined",ret);
}); 
 
db.action.submit("hello").then(function(res){
  console.log("Server says:", res);
},function(error){
  console.log("Error:", error);
});

Transactions

Transactions are sent to arangodb using transaction.submit(collections,action,params,options,callback). collections defines read/write access to collections used within the transaction. action is a serverside handler for the transaction. options can be used for adding parameters etc

  
  db.collection.create("accounts").join([
    db.document.create("accounts",{ _key: "john", amount: 423 }),
    db.document.create("accounts",{ _key: "fred", amount: 9 })
  ]).spread(function(collection,john,fred){
    console.log("john:", JSON.stringify(john));
    console.log("fred:", JSON.stringify(fred));
    
      return [{
        /* collections affected by this transaction */
        write: collection.name
      },
      function (params) {
        /* note: this code runs in arangodb */
        var db = require("internal").db;
        var account1 = db.accounts.document(params['user1']);
        var account2 = db.accounts.document(params['user2']);
        var amount = params['amount'];
 
        if (account1.amount < amount) {
          throw "account of user '" + params['user1'] + "' does not have enough money!";
        }
 
        db.accounts.update(account1, { amount : account1.amount - amount });
        db.accounts.update(account2, { amount : account2.amount + amount });
 
        /* commit the transaction */
        return true; 
      },
      {
        /* options passed to the transaction handler */
        params: {
          user1: "fred",
          user2: "john", 
          amount: 10
     }
      }];
      /* submit the transaction */
  }).spread(db.transaction.submit).then(function(ret){
      console.log("Transaction success:", JSON.stringify(ret));
    },function(error){
      console.log("Transaction failed:", JSON.stringify(error));
    }
  );

Batch jobs

The BatchAPI allows you to bundle database requests.

Use db.batch.start()to initialize a batch job and db.batch.exec() to execute jobs.

  // start a batch
  db.batch.start();
  
  // collect admin information  
  db.admin.version();
  db.admin.statistics();
  db.admin.log('info');
  db.admin.time();
 
  // execute batch
  db.batch.exec().spread(function(batch,version,statistics,log,time){
    console.log("Batch jobs requested=%s, returned results=%s", batch.jobs, batch.length);
    console.log("Version:", JSON.stringify(version,null,2));
    console.log("Statistics:", JSON.stringify(statistics,null,2));
    console.log("Log:", JSON.stringify(log,null,2));
    console.log("Time:", JSON.stringify(time,null,2));
  },function(error){
    console.log("Batch job failed: %j", error);
  });

Individual job results can be fetched as usual.

  // start a batch
  db.batch.start();
  
  // collect admin information  
  db.admin.version().then(function(version){
    console.log("Version:", JSON.stringify(version,null,2));
  });
 
  db.admin.statistics().then(function(statistics){
    console.log("Statistics:", JSON.stringify(statistics,null,2));
  });
 
  // using callback
  db.admin.log('info').callback(function(err,ret){
    if(!err){
      console.log("Log:", JSON.stringify(ret,null,2));
    } 
  });
  
  db.admin.time().callback(function(err,ret){
    if(!err) console.log("Time:", new Date(Math.floor(ret.time*1000)));
  });
 
  // execute batch
  db.batch.exec().then(undefined,function(error){
    console.log("Batch job failed: %j", error);
  });

api

An API can be implemented like this.

 
function StubAPI(db) {
    return {
      "get": function(){
          return db.get('/path' /*,headers */);
      },
      "post": function(data){
          return db.post('/path',data /*,headers*/);
      },
      "put": function(data){
          return db.put('/path',data /*,headers*/);
      },
      "delete": function(){
          return db.delete('/path' /*,headers*/);
      },
      "head": function(){
          return db.head('/path' /*,headers*/);
      },
      "patch": function(data){
          return db.path('/path',data /*,headers*/);
      },
      "options": function(){
          return db.options('/path' /*,headers*/);
      }
    };
}
 
/* Attach the API into 'stub' namespace */
exports.stub = StubAPI;

To attach your API into the db instances you use the Arango.api class method.

/* attach to db instances */
Arango.api(require('myAPI'));
var db = new Arrango.Connection;
/* call API method */
db.stub.get();

License

Copyright (c) 2012 Kaerus (kaerus.com), Anders Elo <anders @ kaerus com>.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

arango

ArangoDB client

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Introduction

Install

Building

Documentation

Test

Quick start

In a browser

API

Usage

Connect()

use()

Creating collections & documents

Joining

Calling API methods directly

Queries

Query builder

Actions

Transactions

Batch jobs

api

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ArangoDB client

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Documentation

Test

Quick start

In a browser

API

Usage

Connect()

use()

Creating collections & documents

Joining

Calling API methods directly

Queries

Query builder

Actions

Transactions

Batch jobs

api

License

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