tool-db-cli

DISCLAIMER: WORK IN PROGRESS/NOT PRODUCTION-READY

tool-db runs a tool-db server from your command line

Installation

npm i -g tool-db-cli

Example: Watching an expression

Start local tool-db server:

tool-db serve watch=foobar

Connect and put data from another local server:

tool-db put --peers=0.0.0.0:8000 foobar myvalue

Example: Using repl

Start local tool-db server with --repl

tool-db serve --repl

Output

ToolDB node running at http://127.0.0.1:8080

Storage:  tooldb
>

You can access access tooldb instance directly from repl

> await tooldb.anonSignIn();
> await tooldb.putData("key", "value")

Example: Creating a redundant mesh network

start a small mesh network of tool-db servers, each listening on a different IP and saving data in a different folder.

tool-db --host=8081 --peers=127.0.0.1:8083,127.0.0.1:8084  --storageName=data1 # 1
tool-db --host=8082 --peers=127.0.0.1:8083,127.0.0.1:8084  --storageName=data2 # 2

tool-db --host=8083 --peers=127.0.0.1:8081,127.0.0.1:8082  --storageName=data3 # 3
tool-db --host=8084 --peers=127.0.0.1:8081,127.0.0.1:8082  --storageName=data4 # 4

On client side

<script src="https://unpkg.com/tool-db/bundle.js">
<script>
    const { ToolDb } = tooldb;
    const tdb = new ToolDb({ peers: [{ host: "localhost", port: 8080 }], debug: true });
</script>

now play around with shutting down individual peers and bringing them back online

As long as there is a path through the mesh network, the heartbeats will propagate from B to A.

But if peers 1 and 2 (or peers 3 and 4) simultainiously go down, A and B are seperated and updates won't go through. However, ToolDB peers will try to reestablish the connection to a lost peer, so as soon as you bring one of the peers back online, they will reconnect and updates will go through again.

Usage

tool-db serve

start tool-db server on http

Options:
  --version      Show version number                                   [boolean]
  --help         Show help                                             [boolean]
  --db           database name to use                                   [string]
  --storageName  our storage namespace              [string] [default: "tooldb"]
  --peers        comma-seperated list of URLs and IPs                   [string]
  --watch        comma-separated list of keys to watch                  [string]
  --host         set ip to listen on             [string] [default: "127.0.0.1"]
  --port         set port to listen on                  [number] [default: 8080]
  --repl         go into a repl (with tooldb instace)                     [boolean]
  --debug        enable debug mode                    [boolean] [default: false]