bad.db

Simple JSON file based database with easy querying interface and common utilities.

For whatever reason, If you don't want to use a real database, and instead simply use a file. but also want some query and utility functions of a database. this is bad.db 😁.

👇 example :

db("users").create({ name: "virus", email: "[e-mail]" });
db("users").read({ name: "virus" });
db("users").update({ name: "virus" }, { email: "[e-mail]" });
db("users").delete({ name: "virus" });

bad.db is constituted of four (create, read, update, and delete) methods that represents the CRUD operations and three (or less) parameters (item, query, and options) considerably (more or less) recurring in the four methods.

• 📥 Installation
• 🏁 Getting Started
• 🚩 Initialize
• 🔎 Query
• ☑️ Options
• 💠 CREATE
  • ☑️ CREATE Options
  • CREATE Examples
• READ
  • ☑️ READ Options
  • READ Examples
• UPDATE
  • ☑️ UPDATE Options
  • UPDATE Examples
• DELETE
  • ☑️ DELETE Options
  • DELETE Examples
• ↘️ Other
• 📃 License

📥 Installation

npm i bad.db
yarn add bad.db

🏁 Getting Started

👇 Learn by a simple common example :

// Require library
const virusDb = require("bad.db");

// Initialize database
// 💡 By default, A "db.json" file will be created in root directory
const db = await virusDb();

// Create a new item within a collection named "users"
// 💡 If the collection doesn't exist it will be created automatically
// 💡 With the utility option "encrypt", the "password" field
//    will be saved as an encrypted hash string instead of the original
const createdUser = await db("users").create(
  {
    name: "anyName",
    email: "[e-mail]",
    password: "secret123",
  },
  {
    encrypt: "password",
  }
);

// Read all items from "users" collection where "name" is "anyName"
// 💡 The "omit" option hides the "password" and "email"
//    fields in the returned results
const users = await db("users").read(
  { name: "anyName" },
  {
    omit: ["password", "email"],
  }
);

// Update all "users" items where "name" is "anyName"
// with new values for "email" and "password"
const updatedUser = await db("users").update(
  { name: "anyName" },
  {
    email: "[e-mail]",
    password: "NEW_SECRET_123456789",
  }
);

// Delete all "users" items where "email" is "[e-mail]"
const deletedUser = await db("users").update({ email: "[e-mail]" });

💡 A JSON file named bad.json (by default) is created in the root directory. This is an example of its content :

{
  "users": [
    {
      "name": "virus",
      "email": "[e-mail]",
      "$id": "8c8f128e-4905-4e77-b664-e03f6de5e952",
      "$createdAt": "2021-09-05T21:40:27Z"
    },{
      "name": "hassona",
      "email": "[e-mail]",
      "$id": "8c8f128e-4905-4e77-b664-e03f6de5e952",
      "$createdAt": "2021-09-05T21:40:27Z"
		}
  ]
}

💡 Note that the $id and $createdAt fields are created automatically when an item is created, and $updatedAt when it is updated.

🚩 Initialize

// Initialize with a "bad.json" file in the root directory
const db = await badDb();

// Initialize with a custom named JSON file in the root directory
const db = await badDb("my-database-file.json");

// Initialize with a custom named JSON file in the current directory
const db = await badDb(__dirname + "/my-database-file");

🔎 Query

Query parameter in Read, Update, and Delete methods is an object or function that allows targeting specific items in collection.

• Query object :

{
  fieldName: fieldValue,
  fieldName: fieldValue,
  ...etc
}

Query object is an object of property values to match against collection items.

A comparison is performed between every item object property values in collection and the query object property values to determine if an item object contains equivalences.

The items containing the equivalences are returned.

Example:

const queryObj = {
  firstName: "virus",
  age: 20,
  rating: 5
};

const users = await db("users").read(queryObj);

• Query function :

(item, index?, collection?) => [Boolean]

Query function is a predicate called for every item when iterating over items of collection.

All items predicate returns truthy for are returned.

The predicate is invoked with three arguments :

• value : Required. The value of the current item.
• index : Optional. The index of the current item in collection.
• collection : Optional. The collection array-object the current item belongs to.

Example:

const queryFn = (user) => {
  return user.name.startsWith("v") && user.age >= 20 && rating >= 5;
};

const users = await db("users").read(queryFn);

☑️ Options

{
  optionName: optionValue,
  optionName: optionValue,
  ...etc
}

Options parameter in all methods is an object that allows to apply additional stuff to the method's subject item or to the method's returned items result.
Every method can have specific options or common options depending on the context of the method.

Example :

const options = {
  unique: ["name", "email"],
  encrypt: "password",
  omit: ["email", "password"],
  nocase: true
};

const user = {
  name: "moulay-elhassan",
  email: "[e-mail]",
  password: "secret#hassona?1980"
}

const createdUser = await db("users").create(user, options);

💠 CREATE

await db(collectionName).create(item?, options?);

Creates a new item in a collection.

💡 If the specified collection doesn't exist it will be created automatically.

💡 If no item object is specified (omitted, null, or undefined), an empty item is created with no fields except the system fields (with names starting with $ sign).

💡 The created item is returned.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
collectionName	String		Targeted collection name
item	Object	{}	Item to create
options	Object	{}	CREATE options
@returns	Object		The created item
@throws	Error		If a unique field value is already used
@throws	Error		If a value to encrypt is not a string

☑️ CREATE Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
unique	String or String[]	""	Fields to declare as unique
encrypt	String or String[]	""	Fields to encrypt
pick	String or String[]	""	Fields to pick in returned items
omit	String or String[]	""	Fields to omit in returned items
nocase	Boolean	false	If true ignores case in search

💡 When fields are declared as unique, a checking for duplicates is done before adding the item.

💡 If nocase is true, letter case comparison will be ignored in search operations, like for example checking unique values.

CREATE Examples

// Create an item within a collection named "players" (automatically created)
// The created item is returned
const createdPlayer = await db("players").create({
  name: "virus",
  level: 99,
  inventory: ["sword", "shield", "potion"],
});

// Create an item within a collection named "players" with some options
const createdPlayer = await db("players").create(
  {
    name: "virus",
    level: 99,
    inventory: ["sword", "shield", "potion"],
    password: "this_is_a_secret",
  },
  {
    // Options
    unique: "name", // Make "name" field unique
    encrypt: "password", // Encrypt "password" field
    omit: ["password", "level"], // Omit fields in the returned item object
    nocase: true, // Ignore case when comparing strings
  }
);

READ

await db(collectionName).read(query?, options?);

Reads an existing item in a collection.
💡 If the specified collection doesn't exist it will be created automatically.
💡 If no query is specified (omitted, null, or undefined), the query defaults to empty query {} which returns all items.
💡 The read items are returned.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
collectionName	String		Targeted collection name
query	Object	{}	Query object or function
options	Object	{}	READ options
@returns	Array		The read item
@throws	Error		If an encrypted field not matched

☑️ READ Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
one	Boolean	false	Return only one result (Object)
pick	String or String[]	[]	Fields to pick in returned items
omit	String or String[]	[]	Fields to omit in returned items
nocase	Boolean	false	Ignore case in search
sort	String or String[]	""	Fields to sort by returned items
order	String or String[]	"asc"	Order of sorting of returned items
encrypt	String or String[]	[]	Fields to encrypt
limit	Number	MAX	Number of returned items
page	Number	0	Index of pagination (with limit)
expand	String	""	Name of collection to expand to
embed	String	""	Name of collection to embed

READ Examples

// Read all items in "players" collection
const players = await db("players").read();

// Read items matching a query object
const somePlayers = await db("players").read({ name: "virus" });

// Read items matching a query function
const someOtherPlayers = await db("players").read(
  (player) => player.level >= 90
);

// Read items matching a query with some options
const player = await db("players").read(
  { name: "virus" },
  {
    // Options
    nocase: true, // Ignore case when comparing strings
    one: true, // return only one result (an object instead of array)
  }
);

UPDATE

await db(collectionName).update(query?, changes?, options?);

Updates an existing item in a collection.
💡 If the specified collection doesn't exist it will be created automatically.
💡 If no query is specified (omitted, null, or undefined), no item is updated.
💡 If an empty query {} is specified, all items are updated. 💡 If no changes are specified (omitted, null, or undefined), the changes default to empty changes {} which only updates the $updatedAt field in targeted items. 💡 The updated items are returned.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
collectionName	String		Targeted collection
query	Object	{}	Query object or function
changes	Object	{}	Changes to apply
options	Object	{}	Additional options
@returns	Array		The updated item
@throws	Error		If Items matching query not found
@throws	Error		If a unique field value is already used
@throws	Error		If a value to encrypt is not a string

☑️ UPDATE Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
total	Boolean	false	If true overrides all item fields
one	Boolean	false	Return only one result (Object)
unique	String or String[]	""	Fields to declare as unique
encrypt	String or String[]	[]	Fields to encrypt
pick	String or String[]	[]	Fields to pick in returned items
omit	String or String[]	[]	Fields to omit in returned items
nocase	Boolean	false	Ignore case in search

UPDATE Examples

// Update item(s)
// The updated item is returned
const updatedPlayer = await db("players").update(
  { name: "virus" }, // Query can also be a function
  { name: "new name", level: 0 } // Changes to apply
);

// Update item(s) with some options
const updatedPlayer = await db("players").update(
  { name: "virus" }, // Query can also be a function
  { name: "new name", level: 0 }, // Changes to apply
  {
    // Options
  }
);

DELETE

await db(collectionName).delete(query?, options?);

Deletes an existing item in a collection.

💡 If the specified collection doesn't exist it will be created automatically.

💡 If no query is specified (omitted, null, or undefined), no item is deleted.

💡 If an empty query {} is specified, all items are deleted.

💡 The deleted items are returned.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
collectionName	String		Targeted collection name
query	Object	{}	Query object or function
options	Object	{}	Additional options
@returns	Object		The deleted item
@throws	Error		If Items matching query not found

☑️ DELETE Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
one	Boolean	false	Return only one result (Object)
pick	String or String[]	[]	Fields to pick in returned items
omit	String or String[]	[]	Fields to omit in returned items
nocase	Boolean	false	Ignore case in search

DELETE Examples

// Delete item(s)
// The deleted item is returned
const deletedPlayer = await db("players").delete(
  { name: "virus" } // Query can also be a function
);

// Delete item(s) with some options
const deletedPlayer = await db("players").delete(
  { name: "virus" }, // Query can also be a function
  {
    // Options
  }
);

↘️ Other

// Remove all collections
await db.drop();

// Remove a collection named "players"
await db("players").drop();

// Remove all items in a collection named "players" and keep it
await db("players").clear();

📃 License

MIT © Virus24