localdrive.md

Localdrive

A file system API that is similar to Hyperdrive. This tool comes in handy when mirroring files from user filesystem to a drive, and vice-versa.

GitHub (Localdrive)

• Installation
• Usage
• API
• Examples

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install localdrive

Usage

const Localdrive = require('localdrive')

const drive = new Localdrive('./my-project')

await drive.put('/blob.txt', Buffer.from('example'))
await drive.put('/images/logo.png', Buffer.from('..'))
await drive.put('/images/old-logo.png', Buffer.from('..'))

const buffer = await drive.get('/blob.txt')
console.log(buffer) // => <Buffer ..> 'example'

const entry = await drive.entry('/blob.txt')
console.log(entry) // => { key, value: { executable, linkname, blob, metadata } }

await drive.del('/images/old-logo.png')

await drive.symlink('/images/logo.shortcut', '/images/logo.png')

for await (const file of drive.list('/images')) {
  console.log('list', file) // => { key, value }
}

const rs = drive.createReadStream('/blob.txt')
for await (const chunk of rs) {
  console.log('rs', chunk) // => <Buffer ..>
}

const ws = drive.createWriteStream('/blob.txt')
ws.write('new example')
ws.end()
ws.once('close', () => console.log('file saved'))

API

const drive = new Localdrive(root, [options])

Creates a drive based on a root directory. root can be relative or absolute.

options include:

Property	Description	Type	Default
followLinks	If enabled then entry(key) will follow the linkname.	Boolean	false
metadata	Hook functions are called accordingly.	Object	null
atomic	Enables atomicity for file writing (tmp file and rename).	Boolean	false
roots	For mapping key prefixes to different roots.	Object	{}

The metadata hook del() could be called with non-existing metadata keys.

drive.root

String with the resolved (absolute) drive path.

drive.supportsMetadata

Boolean indicating whether the drive handles metadata. Default false.

If options.metadata hooks are passed then supportsMetadata becomes true.

await drive.put(key, buffer, [options])

Creates a file at key path in the drive. options are the same as in createWriteStream.

const buffer = await drive.get(key)

Returns the blob at key path in the drive. If no blob exists, returns null.

It also returns null for symbolic links.

const entry = await drive.entry(key, [options])

Returns the entry at key path in the drive. It looks like this:

{
  key: String,
  value: {
    executable: Boolean,
    linkname: null,
    blob: {
      byteOffset: Number,
      blockOffset: Number,
      blockLength: Number,
      byteLength: Number
    },
    metadata: null
  },
  mtime: Number
}

Available options:

{
  follow: false // Follow symlinks, 16 max or throws an error
}

await drive.del(key)

Deletes the file at key path from the drive.

await drive.symlink(key, linkname)

Creates an entry in drive at key path that points to the entry at linkname.

ℹ️ If a blob entry currently exists at key path then it will be overwritten and drive.get(key) will return null, while drive.entry(key) will return the entry with symlink information.

const comparison = drive.compare(entryA, entryB)

Returns 0 if entries are the same, 1 if entryA is older, and -1 if entryB is older.

const iterator = drive.list([folder])

Returns a stream of all entries in the drive inside of specified folder.

const iterator = drive.readdir([folder])

Returns a stream of all subpaths of entries in drive stored at paths prefixed by folder.

const mirror = drive.mirror(out, [options])

Mirrors this drive into another. Returns a MirrorDrive instance constructed with options.

Call await mirror.done() to wait for the mirroring to finish.

const rs = drive.createReadStream(key, [options])

Returns a stream to read out the blob stored in the drive at key path.

options include:

Property	Description	Type	Default
start	Starting offset of the desired readstream interval	Integer	null
end	Ending offset of the desired readstream interval	Integer	null
length	Length of the desired readstream interval	Integer	null

start and end are inclusive.

length overrides end, they're not meant to be used together.

const ws = drive.createWriteStream(key, [options])

Streams a blob into the drive at key path.

options include:

Property	Description	Type	Default
executable	whether the blob is executable or not	Boolean	true

Examples

Metadata hooks

Metadata backed by Map:

const meta = new Map()
const metadata = {
  get: (key) => meta.has(key) ? meta.get(key) : null,
  put: (key, value) => meta.set(key, value),
  del: (key) => meta.delete(key)
}

const drive = new Localdrive('./my-app', { metadata })

// ...

metadata.del() will also be called when metadata is null

await drive.put('/file.txt', Buffer.from('a')) // Default metadata is null