data-chest

A package for storing values in key-value pairs for NodeJS applications.

install

Do the followingcommand in console: npm i data-chest To get the CLI: npm i -g data-chest

docs

Visit http://datachest.tk/ for the documentation of this.

example

var data = require("data-chest");
//initializes database storage
data.init();

//creates a database
data.create("grades");
data.create("missing");

//stores a value
data.store("Term Paper", "92%", "grades");
data.store("Journal", "96%", "grades");

data.store("Term Paper", "no", "missing");
data.store("Journal", "no", "missing");

//get a value from the database
let x = data.get("Term Paper", "grades");
console.log(x);
x = data.get("Journal", "grades");
console.log(x);

//search for a value
let y = data.search("Term Paper", "*");
console.log(y);
y = data.search("Journal", "*");
console.log(y);

//clear a tag from a database
data.clearTag("Term Paper", "grades");

//clear a database entirely
data.clear("grades");

//remove a database
data.remove("grades");


//list all databases
data.list();

//creates a backup of the databases with an optional name.
data.backup();

This returns

92%
96%
[ { key: 'Term Paper', value: '92%', database: 'grades' },
  { key: 'Term Paper', value: 'no', database: 'missing' } ]
[ { key: 'Journal', value: '96%', database: 'grades' },
  { key: 'Journal', value: 'no', database: 'missing' } ]
[ 'missing' ]
Created a backup of missing

table

An example table can be found in the tests/database directory.

cli

If you globally installed data-chest, you get access to a CLI. Do: data-chest -h For help. You can also use the alias command dc. Use: dc -h if you do not feel like typing out the full name.