kvbox

kvbox provides a simple key/value storage for nodejs. It works by using independent storage adapters. This project was created because keyv sadly doesn't implement the whole Map API.

Features

• Promise based API
• Namespaces

Usage

Install kvbox

npm install kvbox

Create an instance and storage adapter. If no storage adapter is provided default to JavaScripts Map

import Box from "kvbox";
 
const kvbox = new Box(); // store: new Map()
 
await kvbox.set("foo", "bar");
await kvbox.get("foo"); // "bar"
await kvbox.delete("foo"); // true
await kvbox.clear(); // void

Store

Out of the box kvbox includes a file system adapter, that stores the values in a simple json file. Alternatively you can define your own adapters.

File System Adapter

import { Box, FileStore } from "kvbox";
 
const store = new FileStore({ path: "data.json" });
const box = new Box({ store: store });

Custom Adapter

You can use any Adatper that implements the Map Api (without the forEach method).

To write custom adapters you have to extend your adapter with the StorageAdapter class and implement all required methods.

import { StorageAdapter } from "kvbox";
 
class ExampleAdapter extends StorageAdapter {
    /* implementation omitted */
}

Namespaces

To prevent key collisions when using the same storage adapter, you can declare a namespace

import { Box, FileStore } from "kvbox";
 
const store = new FileStore();
const one = new Box({ store: store, namespace: "one" });
const two = new Box({ store: store, namespace: "two" });
 
await one.set("foo", "one");
await two.set("foo", "two");
 
await one.get("foo"); // "one"
await one.delete("foo"); // true
await two.get("foo"); // "two"

Serializer

By default kvbox uses the flatted JSON parser. You can use your own serializer by declaring it when constructin your Box. This example uses nodejs standard JSON.stringify and JSON.parse methods

import { Box } from "kvbox";
 
const box = new Box({
    serialize: JSON.stringify,
    deserialize: JSON.parse,
});