SQLGrid

SQLGrid is a method of storing large files inside a SQL database.

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Features

• Efficient - Save space with automatic inline deduplication.
• Easy - Read and write files as if they were on disk with developer friendly APIs.
• Revisions - Keeps multiple versions of files.
• Byte-range Capable - Supports byte ranges to allow for streaming media.
• Consistent - Sha256 hashes are calculated when the file is written, and verified when read back out.
• Fast - Automatically caches hot data to save your database unneeded effort.

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Installation

Supports node v7.6+

npm install --save sqlgrid

TL;DR

var SQLGrid = require('sqlgrid')

var bucket = SQLGrid({dialect: 'postgres'})

// initBucket creates tables and indexes if they don't exist, returns a promise.
bucket.initBucket().then(function () {
  // We are now ready to read and write files
})

API Documentation

SQLGrid([connectionOptions, bucketOptions])

Parameters

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | connectionOptions | {}| Object | connectionOptions is passed directly to a sequelize constructor. If connectionOptions is an instance of sequelize it will be used directly. | | bucketOptions | {} | Object | Optional parameters listed below |

Options

| key | default | type | description | |---|---|---|---| | bucketName | fs | String | The name of the bucket. Table names are prefixed by this. | | concurrency | 10 | Number | When writing/reading a file, the number of concurrent queries in flight for a given stream. | | cacheSize | 100 | Number | The cache size in megabytes. Setting to 0 will disable caching. |

returns

Bucket instance

Description

Creates a new SQLGrid bucket instance.

Example

var SQLGrid = require('sqlgrid')

var bucket = SQLGrid({dialect: 'postgres'}, {bucketName: 'mybucket'})

initBucket()

Parameters

none

returns

Promise

Description

Verifies required tables and indexes exist and will create them if missing.

Example

bucket.initBucket().then(function () {
  // bucket is ready for use.....
})

writeFile(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | filename | required | String | The name of the file. | | buffer | required | Buffer | A buffer of file contents. |

returns

Promise

Description

Returns a promise that resolves to the newly written file.

Example

let fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync('./myVid.mp4')

let newFile = await bucket.writeFile({filename: '/videos/myVid.mp4', buffer: fileBuffer})

createWriteStream(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | filename | required | String | The name of the file. |

returns

WriteStream

Description

Returns a write stream for storing a file in SQLGrid.

Example

var writeStream = bucket.createWriteStream({
  filename: '/videos/myVid.mp4'
})

writeStream.on('finish', function () {
  // File is now stored in SQLGrid
})

fs.createReadStream('./myVid.mp4').pipe(writeStream)

getFile(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | id | Null | String | The id of the file to retrieve. | | filename | Null | String | Ignored if id != null. The filename of the file to retrieve | | revision | -1 | Number | Ignored if id != null. The revision of the file to retrieve. If multiple files are uploaded under the same filename they are considered revisions. This may be a positive or negative number. (see chart below) Passing 'all' will return an array of all revisions. |

How revision numbers work

If there are five versions of a file, the below chart would be the revision numbers

| Number | Description | | --- | --- | | 0 or -5 | The original file | | 1 or -4 | The first revision | | 2 or -3 | The second revision | | 3 or -2 | The second most recent revision | | 4 or -1 | The most recent revision |

Description

If revision is a number a promise will be returned that resolves to an object of the files information. If revision is 'all' a promise will be returned that resolves to an array of all file revisions.

Example

let file1 = bucket.getFile({id: 'ca608825-15c0-44b5-9bef-3ccabf061bab'})
let file2 = bucket.getFile({filename: 'catVideo.mp4', revision: 2})

readFile(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | id | Null | String | The id of the file to retrieve. | | filename | Null | String | Ignored if id != null. The filename of the file to retrieve | | revision | -1 | Number/String | Ignored if id != null. The revision of the file to retrieve. If multiple files are uploaded under the same filename they are considered revisions. This may be a positive or negative number. (see chart below) Passing 'all' will return an array of all revisions. | | seekStart | Null | Number | The start of the byte range. | | seekEnd | Null | Number | The end of the byte range. If omitted the stream will continue to the end of file. |

How revision numbers work

If there are five versions of a file, the below chart would be the revision numbers

| Number | Description | | --- | --- | | 0 or -5 | The original file | | 1 or -4 | The first revision | | 2 or -3 | The second revision | | 3 or -2 | The second most recent revision | | 4 or -1 | The most recent revision |

Description

If revision is a number a promise will be returned that resolves to an object of the files information and contents. If revision is 'all' a promise will be returned that resolves to an array of all file revisions and contents.

Example

let file1 = bucket.readFile({id: 'ca608825-15c0-44b5-9bef-3ccabf061bab'})
let file2 = bucket.readFile({filename: 'catVideo.mp4', revision: 2})

createReadStream(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | id | required | String | The id of the file to retrieve | | seekStart | Null | Number | The start of the byte range. | | seekEnd | Null | Number | The end of the byte range. If omitted the stream will continue to the end of file. |

returns

ReadStream

Description

Returns a read stream for reading a file from SQLGrid.

Example

var readStream = bucket.createReadStream({id: 'ca608825-15c0-44b5-9bef-3ccabf061bab'})

readStream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./mySavedVideo.mp4'))

deleteFileById(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | id | required | String | The id of the file to delete |

returns

Boolean, true if successful, false otherwise.

Description

Deletes a file from SQLGrid.

Example

let result = await sqlGrid.deleteFileById({id: 1})

deleteFileByName(options)

Options

| key | default | type | description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | filename | Null | String | The filename of the file to delete | | revision | all | Number | The revision of the file to delete. If multiple files are uploaded under the same filename they are considered revisions. This may be a positive or negative number (see chart below). The default is to delete all revisions. |

How revision numbers work

If there are five versions of a file, the below chart would be the revision numbers

| Number | Description | | --- | --- | | 0 or -5 | The original file | | 1 or -4 | The first revision | | 2 or -3 | The second revision | | 3 or -2 | The second most recent revision | | 4 or -1 | The most recent revision |

returns

Boolean, true if successful, false otherwise.

Description

Deletes a file from SQLGrid.

Example

let result = await sqlGrid.deleteFileByName({filename: 'video.mp4'})
// Deletes all revisions of video.mp4

let result = await sqlGrid.deleteFileByName({filename: 'video.mp4', revision: -1})
// Deletes only the most recent revision of video.mp4

Thanks

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