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Sir.DB -- A simple database on the file system.
JSON files organised into subdirectories for each table.
LikeSirDB? You'll probablyloveServeData!ServeData is a powerful yet simple server for SirDB with baked-in schemas, users, groups, permissions, authentication, authorization and payments.
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With this library you can make databases that are:
- human-readable
- git-diffable, and therefore versionable, and
- text-based. Everything is a JSON file, including the database meta information.
Sir.DB:
- is written in literate, tested JavaScript,
- is permissively licensed, and
- is around 500 lines of code and 6.6Kb gzipped.
- Human readable
- Store any JSON-able object
- Index on any property (for nested objects, only index top-level properties)
- Auto ID or custom ID
- Diffable by git
- All records, indexes and table information are JSON files
- 1 file per record, 1 file per unique index value, 1 file per table info
- 1 sub-directory per table, 1 sub-directory (nested inside table) per indexed property
All in all this makes the database easy to understand and inspect. As well as making the code easy to read and maintain.
- <PageableTable>.getPage
- Transactions
- ACID guarantee (as long as accessed by single node thread)
- Can expand ACID to multi-threaded access with a request queue.
npm i --save sirdb
Justcd
into your DB root path (theroot
path given toconfig()
) and typegit init
. Or do it at any ancestor directory.
This repository has around 500 lines of code and 2 dependencies (esm anddiscohash), and is organized as follows:
- api.js: the main file (config, dropTable, getTable and getIndexedTable)
- table.js: Table and IndexedTable classes
- stats/: see the source-code stats
There's only a couple of handful of calls in this api:config
,dropTable
,getIndexedTable
,getTable
,put
,get
,getAllMatchingKeysFromIndex
andgetAllMatchingRecordsFromIndex
Configure the root directory of your database.
Deletes a table.
Creates a table (if it doesn't exist) and returns it.
Creates a table (if it doesn't exist) that has indexes for the given properties, and returns it.
Adds (or updates) an item to the table by key.
Gets an item from the table by key.
Gets all item keys from the table that have a propertyprop
that matchesvalue
, if that property is indexed.
Gets all items from the table that have a propertyprop
that matchesvalue
, if that property is indexed.
Gets all items from the table.
Getcount
(default 10) items from the table, starting at the first item aftercursor
.Note: not yet implemented.
See below for how theapi calls are used:
importpathfrom'path';importassertfrom'assert';importfsfrom'fs';import{getTable,getIndexedTable,dropTable,config}from'./api.js';testGetTable();testGetIndexedTable();testDropTable();testPut();testIndexedPut();testGet();testGetAll();functiontestGetTable(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-get-table");config({root});dropTable("users");dropTable("subscriptions");getTable("users");getTable("subscriptions");assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"users","tableInfo.json")),true);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"subscriptions","tableInfo.json")),true);fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestGetIndexedTable(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-get-indexed-table");config({root});dropTable("users");dropTable("subscriptions");getIndexedTable("users",["username","email"]);getIndexedTable("subscriptions",["email"]);try{assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"users","tableInfo.json")),true);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"subscriptions","tableInfo.json")),true);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"users","_indexes","username","indexInfo.json")),true);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"users","_indexes","email","indexInfo.json")),true);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"subscriptions","_indexes","email","indexInfo.json")),true);}catch(e){console.error(e);}fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestDropTable(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-drop-table");config({root});getTable("users");getTable("subscriptions");dropTable("users");dropTable("subscriptions");assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"users","tableInfo.json")),false);assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(root,"subscriptions","tableInfo.json")),false);fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestPut(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-get-table");consterrors=[];letgotItems;letkey=1;config({root});dropTable("items");constItems=getTable("items");constitems=[{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Apple',type:'fruit',grams:325},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Pear',type:'fruit',grams:410},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Soledado',type:'career',grams:null,qualities_of_winners:["devisiveness","rationality","aggression","calmness"]},];try{items.forEach(item=>Items.put(item.key,item));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);try{gotItems=items.map(item=>Items.get(item.key));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);assert.strictEqual(JSON.stringify(items),JSON.stringify(gotItems));fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestIndexedPut(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-indexed-put-table");consterrors=[];letgotItems1=[],gotItems2=[],gotItems3=[];letkey=1;config({root});dropTable("items");constItems=getIndexedTable("items",["name","type"]);constitems=[{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Apple',type:'fruit',grams:325},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Pear',type:'fruit',grams:410},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Soledado',type:'career',grams:null,qualities_of_winners:["devisiveness","rationality","aggression","calmness"]},];try{try{items.forEach(item=>Items.put(item.key,item));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);try{gotItems1=items.map(item=>Items.get(item.key));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);assert.strictEqual(JSON.stringify(items),JSON.stringify(gotItems1));try{gotItems2=Items.getAllMatchingRecordsFromIndex('name','Apple');}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);assert.strictEqual(gotItems2.length,1);assert.strictEqual(JSON.stringify(items.slice(0,1)),JSON.stringify(gotItems2.map(([,val])=>val)));try{gotItems3=Items.getAllMatchingRecordsFromIndex('type','fruit');}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);assert.strictEqual(gotItems3.length,2);assert.strictEqual(JSON.stringify(items.slice(0,2)),JSON.stringify(gotItems3.map(([,val])=>val)));}catch(e){console.error(e);console.log(errors);}fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestGet(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-get-table");consterrors=[];constgotItems=[];letkey=1;config({root});dropTable("items");constItems=getTable("items");constitems=[{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Apple',type:'fruit',grams:325},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Pear',type:'fruit',grams:410},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Soledado',type:'career',grams:null,qualities_of_winners:["devisiveness","rationality","aggression","calmness"]},];for(constitemofitems){try{gotItems.push(Items.get(item.key));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,3);assert.strictEqual(gotItems.length,0);fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}functiontestGetAll(){constroot=path.resolve(__dirname,"test-get-table");consterrors=[];letgotItems;letkey=1;config({root});dropTable("items");constItems=getTable("items");constitems=[{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Apple',type:'fruit',grams:325},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Pear',type:'fruit',grams:410},{key:`key${key++}`,name:'Soledado',type:'career',grams:null,qualities_of_winners:["devisiveness","rationality","aggression","calmness"]},];try{items.forEach(item=>Items.put(item.key,item));}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);try{gotItems=Items.getAll();}catch(e){errors.push(e);}assert.strictEqual(errors.length,0);items.sort((a,b)=>a.key<b.key ?-1 :1);gotItems.sort((a,b)=>a.key<b.key ?-1 :1);assert.strictEqual(JSON.stringify(items),JSON.stringify(gotItems));fs.rmdirSync(root,{recursive:true});}
- recutils - text-file database, format and tooling. Inspiration forSir.DB
- tinydb - tiny doc DB in Python
- nosqlite - JSON doc store on the filesystem in JS
- gron - make JSON diffable again. Not a db.
- sqlite-diffable - make SQLite diffable. Not a db.
- augtool - a different take on diffable JSON. Not a db.
- dBASE - old school. One of the first DB, it's
.dbf
file format is mostly text-based. - mjdb - Mongo-inspired db on a JSON file
A sample directory structure:
$ tree dev-db/dev-db/├── groups│ ├── 3d4a3b6585bbe3f2.json│ ├── 7ab53d4759cf8d29.json│ ├── 9da55bd553c07c38.json│ ├── f40d923a3c2ba5ff.json│ └── tableInfo.json├── loginlinks│ ├── 1bc5169933e50cbc.json│ ├── 2ddec09e77385aca.json│ ├── a910b6f21813cb7.json│ └── tableInfo.json├── permissions│ ├── 1cf3af24befc2986.json│ ├── 24610a1149367f1f.json│ ├── d8b117b20fc79e3e.json│ ├── def8539bbf7dbbc1.json│ ├── e2416534c92d50f6.json│ ├── eda87a7e1d6ba7a8.json│ ├── f8b72c3cd42d295d.json│ └── tableInfo.json├── sessions│ ├── 25ec5e75a4d0b96f.json│ ├── 2b6bed2dbdd0d2dc.json│ ├── 533eebbd739bf327.json│ ├── 6322375803c34598.json│ ├── f4a0cb9d36f9030c.json│ └── tableInfo.json├── transactions│ ├── 6dac9e110f6dcb59.json│ ├── 71d81f09f935a891.json│ ├── 884a54fe68c52b7f.json│ ├── 94ed31d563dd5dce.json│ ├── 9f7332d5df0b2aa5.json│ ├── _indexes│ │ ├── txID│ │ │ └── indexInfo.json│ │ └── txId│ │ ├── 14e1d255dc1103d2.json│ │ ├── 6675cc42541e074e.json│ │ ├── 8034f1abf46bdbac.json│ │ ├── 900589a13116162e.json│ │ ├── 9fc943ed5e62a8fe.json│ │ ├── a85c50b38192035e.json│ │ ├── c96945c364a965e7.json│ │ └── indexInfo.json│ ├── c9ada5b8636ee642.json│ ├── d79de05232b0ab86.json│ └── tableInfo.json└── users ├── 13a9cecf980fe729.json ├── 2262c20251836a31.json ├── 3c826d856f4daf66.json ├── 952dcc1b50eceb43.json ├── _indexes │ ├── email │ │ ├── 3b69159ce20cd7.json │ │ ├── c39cff5b3281c377.json │ │ └── indexInfo.json │ └── username │ ├── 2262c20251836a31.json │ ├── 349061df5d4d8620.json │ ├── 47f95eca482d8154.json │ ├── 4dbe7d7a513519c4.json │ ├── 7dd764412ec98f45.json │ ├── b0ca406c54cb4fae.json │ ├── c0d82d5d5ef27d6.json │ └── indexInfo.json ├── ce2f089cb53133db.json ├── da6bffbeaccdaf91.json ├── debc8440b3334c1c.json └── tableInfo.json12 directories, 59 files
Example record file,dev-db/users/2262c20251836a31.json
:
$ cat dev-db/users/2262c20251836a31.json{ "_owner": "nouser", "username": "nouser", "email": "no-one@nowhere.nothing", "salt": 0, "passwordHash": "0000000000000000", "groups": [ "nousers" ], "stripeCustomerID": "system_class_payment_account", "verified": false, "_id": "nouser"}
Example index directory,dev-db/users/_indexes/email/
:
$ tail -n +1 users/_indexes/email/*==> users/_indexes/email/3b69159ce20cd7.json <=={ "bm8tb25lQG5vd2hlcmUubm90aGluZw==": [ "nouser" ]}==> users/_indexes/email/c39cff5b3281c377.json <=={ "Y3JpczdmZUBnbWFpbC5jb20=": [ "9ywwsemd", "74lip6ki", "dvr1o4mz", "8dsu03bw", "dm8gvqo", "a2jkabsg" ]}==> users/_indexes/email/indexInfo.json <=={ "property_name": "email", "createdAt": 1601111295853}
Example git diff,dev-db/
:
$ git diff --summary 10bb7bfdac9bff93bbec1edfc008f5177fdb83ad..HEAD . create mode 1006ff dev-db/loginlinks/76f1a77ff73a9cf.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/loginlinks/8a5e9f1ea0981aa7.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/13acaca8f8a350d3.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/1d098dfe01fa185c.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/a1d9ccab091bae1d.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/faaff97a9a7e58ea.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/a867a835c730609b.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/sessions/e380f1a8386f7aec.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/1ef87aa71096b050.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/3c5dbf1fca97d778.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/_indexes/email/c1301aa657367dc7.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/_indexes/email/caf961b8f1558e7.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/_indexes/username/feeaa6bc09eacb8c.json create mode 1006ff dev-db/users/_indexes/username/8a8af11l3e09b667.json$ git diff 99db83ad..HEAD dev-db/diff --git a/dev-db/loginlinks/8a5e1e1ea0081aa7.json b/dev-db/loginlinks/8a5e1e1ea0081aa7.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..caaa87b--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/loginlinks/8a5e1e1ea0081aa7.json@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@+{+ "userid": "mannypork",+ "_id": "gaf80kx",+ "_owner": "mannypork",+ "expired": true+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/sessions/a8607835c730600b.json b/dev-db/sessions/a8607835c730600b.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..163ceff--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/sessions/a8607835c730600b.json@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@+{+ "userid": "bigtoply",+ "_id": "8k6sj3rq",+ "_owner": "bigtoply"+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/sessions/e380cfa8386f7aec.json b/dev-db/sessions/e380cfa8386f7aec.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..3fd67a7--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/sessions/e380cfa8386f7aec.json@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@+{+ "userid": "motlevok",+ "_id": "d5wefttd",+ "_owner": "motlevok"+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/users/1ef87aa70d06b050.json b/dev-db/users/1ef87aa70d06b050.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..a65f715--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/users/1ef87aa70d06b050.json@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@+{+ "username": "brin000",+ "email": "brin000@so.net",+ "salt": 1aa33388aa,+ "passwordHash": "555000aaaaeeee",+ "groups": [+ "users"+ ],+ "stripeCustomerID": "cus_IsCsomecustom",+ "verified": true,+ "_id": "0wom5xua",+ "_owner": "0wom5xua"+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/users/3c5dbf1fcc77d778.json b/dev-db/users/3c5dbf1fcc77d778.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..310afd0--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/users/3c5dbf1fcc77d778.json@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@+{+ "username": "meltablock",+ "email": "melta@block.com",+ "salt": a7a1710aa1,+ "passwordHash": "aa3aaa000dddeee",+ "groups": [+ "users"+ ],+ "stripeCustomerID": "cus_Isaosmsucstoma",+ "verified": true,+ "_id": "cvu0l6ly",+ "_owner": "cvu0l6ly"+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/c13f0aa657367dc7.json b/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/c13f0aa657367dc7.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..0a00c00--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/c13f0aa657367dc7.json@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@+{+ "base56base6fbase6fbase6f==": [+ "cvu0l6ly"+ ]+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/caf06fa8f1558e7.json b/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/caf06fa8f1558e7.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..fcea15d--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/users/_indexes/email/caf06fa8f1558e7.json@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@+{+ "base6fbase6fbase6fbase6f==": [+ "0wom5xua"+ ]+}\ No newline at end of filediff --git a/dev-db/users/_indexes/username/feea76bc00eacb8c.json b/dev-db/users/_indexes/username/feea76bc00eacb8c.jsonnew file mode 1006ffindex 0000000..bd356d0--- /dev/null+++ b/dev-db/users/_indexes/username/feea76bc00eacb8c.json@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@+{+ "base6fbas6fbase6f==": [+ "0wom5xua"+ ]+}\ No newline at end of file
Just open a PR. Before your PR can be considered tho, you'll need to sign the CLA. This will probably seem like a major issue for you, and a super annoying burden, especially because of the restrictive AGPL-3.0 license combined with the company-preferential CLA. I've tried to make it easy by utilizing CLA-assistant (which hooks into the PR process, and will guide you through signing) and templating my CLA off TimescaleDB's one, because I really like what they're doing in profitable open-source and I really fucking love their terms.
If you want to do major changes, that's great, but I recommend you check with me first (ideally over email:cris@dosycorp.com), so that you don't waste your time.
Thelogo was graciouslydonated byJakub T. Jankiewicz.
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