A Seneca.js data storage plugin

seneca-jsonfile-store

Description

This module is a plugin for Seneca.js. It provides a storage engine that uses JSON files to persist data. This module is not appropriate for production usage, it is intended for very low workloads, and as a example of a storage plugin code base.

For a gentle introduction to Seneca itself, see the senecajs.org site.

Seneca compatibility

Supports Seneca versions 1.x - 3.x

Supported functionality

All Seneca data store supported functionality is implemented in seneca-store-test as a test suite. The tests represent the store functionality specifications.

Install

To install, simply use npm. Remember you will need to install Seneca.js separately.

npm install seneca
npm install seneca-jsonfile-store

Usage

You don't use this module directly. It provides an underlying data storage engine for the Seneca entity API:

var entity = seneca.make$('typename')
entity.someproperty = "something"
entity.anotherproperty = 100

entity.save$(function (err, entity) { ... })
entity.load$({ id: ... }, function (err, entity) { ... })
entity.list$({ property: ... }, function (err, entity) { ... })
entity.remove$({ id: ... }, function (err, entity) { ... })

Quick Example

var seneca = require('seneca')()
seneca.use('jsonfile-store', {
  folder:'/path/to/my-db-folder'
})
.use('entity')

var apple = seneca.make$('fruit')
apple.name  = 'Pink Lady'
apple.price = 0.99
apple.save$(function (err, apple) {
  console.log("apple.id = " + apple.id )
})

Query Support

The standard Seneca query format is supported:

• .list$({f1:v1, f2:v2, ...}) implies pseudo-query f1==v1 AND f2==v2, ....

• .list$({f1:v1,...}, {sort$:{field1:1}}) means sort by f1, ascending.

• .list$({f1:v1,...}, {sort$:{field1:-1}}) means sort by f1, descending.

• .list$({f1:v1,...}, {limit$:10}) means only return 10 results.

• .list$({f1:v1,...}, {skip$:5}) means skip the first 5.

• .list$({f1:v1,...}, {fields$:['fd1','f2']}) means only return the listed fields.

Note: you can use sort$, limit$, skip$ and fields$ together.

Contributing

The Senecajs org encourages open participation. If you feel you can help in any way, be it with documentation, examples, extra testing, or new features please get in touch.

Test

To run tests, simply use npm:

npm run test

License

Copyright (c) 2012-2016, Richard Rodger and other contributors. Licensed under MIT.