Swarm command-line client

A simple filesystem-backed Swarm client. Works more like a version control system: saves data to plain files, pulls/pushes updates from/to the server. Works offline, reconnects automatically.

Usage

swarm [options] dbdir/

Options

• [ ] -- dbdir: replica's home path (default: .)
• [ ] -C --connect url connect to a server, init a replica
  • [ ] ws://1.2.3.4:5/dbid WebSocket
  • [ ] wss://1.2.3.4:5/dbid WebSocket (secure)
  • [ ] tcp://1.2.3.4:5/dbid TCP
• [ ] -u --update type/id update (default: all the objects)
• [ ] -c --create type
• [ ] -g --get type/id
  • [ ] -r --recur depth recursive retrieval (default: depth 1)
• [ ] -p --put type/id commit a manually edited JSON object
• [ ] -o --op type/id feed an op (args or stdin must contain op name, value)
  • [ ] -n --name op name
  • [ ] -v --value op value
• [ ] -e --edit type/id edit a JSON state, put when done (uses $EDITOR)
• [ ] -l --log list the log of pending ops (those not acked by the server)
• [ ] -m --mute ignore connect/listen options in the db
• [ ] -R --repl run REPL
• [ ] -E --exec execute script(s), e.g. --exec init.js -e run.js
• [ ] -T --trace trace incoming/outgoing ops

Examples

# install swarm client (see swarm-server on how to run a server)
$ npm i -g swarm-cli

# connect to the server, init the client
$ swarm -C tcp://gritzko:password@localhost:31415/testdb 

$ cd testdb/

# create an object
$ swarm --create LWWObject
/LWWObject#1GDBdW+Rgritzko01

# see the outer JSON state of the object
$ cat LWWObject/1GDBdW+Rgritzko01.json
{"_id":"1GDBdW+Rgritzko01","_version":"1GDBdW+Rgritzko01"}

# see the inner CRDT state (data+metadata)
$ cat LWWObject/.1GDBdW+Rgritzko01.~

# make a change to the object, see some client-server chit-chat
$ swarm --trace -o LWWObject/1GDBdW+Rgritzko01 -n FieldName -v FieldValue
...
< /LWWObject#1GDBdW+Rgritzko01!1GDBdk+Rgritzko01.FieldName FieldValue
> /LWWObject#1GDBdW+Rgritzko01!1GDBdk+Rgritzko01.FieldName FieldValue
...

# launch REPL, play with the JavaScript API
$ swarm --repl
≶ o = swarm.get('1GDBdW+Rgritzko01', obj => console.log(obj.get('FieldName')));
FieldValue
≶ o.set('FieldName', 'another value');
...