Simple database without dependencies in a single JavaScript file.

• opinionated: all objects have atleast id, created and updated keys
• minimalist: only 3 operations: get, set and del
• tiny: less than 100 LOC including comments and whitespace

Install with npm:

npm i -S https://github.com/eremt/db.js

or just download the file:

wget https://raw.github.com/eremt/db.js/main/db.js

• dbjs(options?)
• get(query?)
• set(data?, key?)
• del(key)

const dbjs = require('db.js')
const db = new dbjs()

An optional file to use for data persistence, if it doesn't exist it will be created. If undefined the storage will default to memory.

const dbjs = require('db.js')
const db = new dbjs({ file: './db.json' })

Without query (or any falsy value such as null, '', etc.) an array containing all items is returned.

db.get()
// => [ { id, created, updated, ... }, ... ]

If query is a string it is treated as the key and returns an array with a single match if found.

db.get('my-key')
// => [ { id: 'my-key', created, updated, ... } ]

When query is an object it's used as filter and returns an array with the items that matched.

The value can be any of type: string, number, boolean and RegExp.

db.get({ value: /example/ })
// => [ { id, created, updated, value: 'My example', ... }, ... ]

Without arguments a default object is created with id, created and updated keys. Returns the created object.

db.set()
// => { id, created, updated }

With data but no key a new object is created with the default keys and the data object. Returns the created object.

db.set({ value: 'My example' })
// => { id, created, updated, value: 'My example' }

When data and key are passed it does one of two things:

If the key is found it updates that object with the data and a new updated value.

If no key is found it creates a new object with the data and all default values except id which gets its value from key.

Returns the updated or created object.

db.set({ value: 'My example' }, 'my-key')
// => { id: 'my-key', created, updated, value: 'My example' }

Returns either the key that was deleted, or undefined if no such key exists.

db.del('my-key')
// => 'my-key'