Magpie

Simple persistence for rapid prototyping. Powered by levelup.

This is my first Node.js module. Currently, the module is in the very early stages of development. Implementation of the API is ongoing. Take note: this module is NOT production ready.

Basic usage

var magpie = require('magpie'),
	db = magpie('./db');

var theOatmealBook = {
	title: "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
	author: "TheOatmeal.com"
};

db.create(theOatmealBook, function(error, record) {
	// Returns:
	// {
	//   "id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
	//   "title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
	//   "author": "TheOatmeal.com",
	//   "createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z"
	// }
});

API

var db = magpie(path string [, options]);

db.create(data object [, callback]);

Magpie is happy to generate IDs for you via node-uuid's uuid.v4() method. If you'd like to supply your own IDs, go for it. Just include an id property on your data object.

db.get([id string | query object, ] callback);

Get all records:

db.get(function(error, records) {
	// Returns:
	[{
	  "id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
	  "title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
	  "author": "TheOatmeal.com",
	  "createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z"
	}, {
	  ...
	}]
});

Get a record by ID:

db.get("7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f", function(error, record) {
	// Returns:
	{
	  "id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
	  "title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
	  "author": "TheOatmeal.com",
	  "createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z"
	}
});

Get a record by ID using a query object:

var query = {
	id: "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f"
};
db.get(query, function(error, record) {
	// Returns:
	{
		"id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
		"title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
		"author": "TheOatmeal.com",
		"createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z"
	}
});

db.update(data object [, callback]);

var theOatmealBook = {
	"id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
	"title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
	"author": "TheOatmeal.com",
	"isbn10": "1449410243",
	"createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z"
}
db.update(theOatmealBook, function(error, record) {
	// Returns
	{
		"id": "7f5d532b-8bfe-42fd-a1d3-8272e8aa7e3f",
		"title": "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You",
		"author": "TheOatmeal.com",
		"isbn10": "1449410243",
		"createdOn": "2013-05-10T20:30:25.342Z",
		"updatedOn": "2013-05-11T12:45:50.700Z"
	}
});

db.delete(id string | query object [, callback]);

db.exists(id string, callback);

db.getById(id string, callback);

db.getAll(callback);

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 C. Corey Capel

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.