dolphin-dbase

dolphin-dbase JavaScript API

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Overview

dolphin-dbase JavaScript API is a JavaScript library that encapsulates the ability to operate the dolphin-dbase database, such as: connecting to the database, executing scripts, calling functions, uploading variables, etc.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/dolphin-dbase

Features

• Communicate with dolphin-dbase database using WebSocket, exchange data in binary format
• Support running in browser environment and Node.js environment
• Use TypedArray such as Int32Array in JavaScript to process binary data, with high performance
• A single call supports serialized upload of up to 2GB of data, and the amount of downloaded data is not limited

Installation

# 1. Install the latest version of Node.js and browser on the machine

# 2. Create a new project (skip this step if you already have a project)
mkdir dolphin-dbase-example
cd dolphin-dbase-example
npm init --yes
# Open the package.json file with an editor, add the line "type": "module", below "main": "./index.js",
# This enables the use of ECMAScript modules, and in the code behind you can use import { DDB } from 'dolphin-dbase' to import npm packages

# 3. Install npm packages in your project
npm install dolphin-dbase

Usage

0. Initialize and connect to dolphin-dbase

import { DDB } from 'dolphin-dbase'
// The import method for existing projects using CommonJS modules is const { DDB } = require('dolphin-dbase')
// Use in browser: import { DDB } form 'dolphin-dbase/browser.js'

// Create a database object and initialize the WebSocket URL
let ddb = new DDB('ws://127.0.0.1:8848')

// Establish a WebSocket connection to dolphin-dbase (requires dolphin-dbase database version at least 1.30.16 or 2.00.4)
await ddb.connect()

DDB options

let ddb = new DDB('ws://127.0.0.1:8848')

// Encrypt with HTTPS
let ddbsecure = new DDB('wss://dolphin-dbase.com', {
    // Whether to log in automatically after establishing a connection, default `true`
    autologin: true,
    
    // dolphin-dbase username, default `'admin'`
    username: 'admin',
    
    // dolphin-dbase password, default `'123456'`
    password: '123456',
    
    // set python session flag, default `false`
    python: false
})

1. Call Functions

Example

import { DdbInt } from 'dolphin-dbase'

const result = await ddb.call('add', [new DdbInt(1), new DdbInt(1)])
// TypeScript: const result = await ddb.call<DdbInt>('add', [new DdbInt(1), new DdbInt(1)])

console.log(result.value === 2)  // true

The dolphin-dbase JavaScript API uses DdbObj objects to represent data types in dolphin-dbase

In the above example, two parameters 1 (corresponding to the int type in dolphin-dbase) are uploaded to the dolphin-dbase database as parameters of the add function, then the result of the function call is received.

<DdbInt> is used by TypeScript to infer the type of the return value

• result is a DdbInt, which is also a DdbObj<number>
• result.form is a DdbForm.scalar
• result.type is a DdbType.int
• result.value is native number in JavaScript (the value range and precision of int can be accurately represented by JavaScript number)

/** Can represent all data types in dolphin-dbase databases */
class DdbObj <T extends DdbValue = DdbValue> {
    /** is it little endian */
    le: boolean
    
    /** data form https://www.dolphin-dbase.cn/cn/help/DataTypesandStructures/DataForms/index.html */
    form: DdbForm
    
    /** data type  https://www.dolphin-dbase.cn/cn/help/DataTypesandStructures/DataTypes/index.html */
    type: DdbType
    
    /** consumed length in buf parsed */
    length: number
    
    /** table name / column name */
    name?: string
    
    /**
        Lowest dimension
        - vector: rows = n, cols = 1
        - pair:   rows = 2, cols = 1
        - matrix: rows = n, cols = m
        - set:    the same as vector
        - dict:   include keys, values vector
        - table:  the same as matrix
    */
    rows?: number
    
    /** 2nd dimension */
    cols?: number
    
    /** the actual data. Different DdbForm, DdbType use different types in DdbValue to represent actual data */
    value: T
    
    /** raw binary data, only top-level objects generated by parse_message when parse_object is false have this attribute */
    buffer?: Uint8Array
    
    constructor (data: Partial<DdbObj> & { form: DdbForm, type: DdbType, length: number }) {
        Object.assign(this, data)
    }
}

class DdbInt extends DdbObj<number> {
    constructor (value: number) {
        super({
            form: DdbForm.scalar,
            type: DdbType.int,
            length: 4,
            value
        })
    }
}

// ... There are also many utility classes, such as DdbString, DdbLong, DdbDouble, DdbVectorDouble, DdbVectorAny, etc.

type DdbValue = 
    null | boolean | number | [number, number] | bigint | string | string[] | 
    Uint8Array | Int16Array | Int32Array | Float32Array | Float64Array | BigInt64Array | Uint8Array[] | 
    DdbObj[] | DdbFunctionDefValue | DdbSymbolExtendedValue
    

enum DdbForm {
    scalar = 0,
    vector = 1,
    pair = 2,
    matrix = 3,
    set = 4,
    dict = 5,
    table = 6,
    chart = 7,
    chunk = 8,
}


enum DdbType {
    void = 0,
    bool = 1,
    char = 2,
    short = 3,
    int = 4,
    long = 5,
    // ...
    timestamp = 12,
    // ...
    double = 16,
    symbol = 17,
    string = 18,
    // ...
}

If there is no shortcut class, you can also specify form and type to manually create a DdbObj object

// Created by the DdbDateTime shortcut class
new DdbDateTime(1644573600)

// Equivalent to manually creating an object of form = scalar, type = datetime through DdbObj
const obj = new DdbObj({
     form: DdbForm.scalar,
     type: DdbType.datetime,
     value: 1644573600,
     length: 0
})


// The corresponding type and value of value in js can refer to the result returned by ddb.eval (see the `eval` method declaration below)
const obj = await ddb.eval('2022.02.11 10:00:00')
console.log(obj.form === DdbForm.scalar)
console.log(obj.type === DdbType.datetime)
console.log(obj.value)

// Another example is to create a set
// refer to ddb.eval
// const obj = await ddb.eval('set([1, 2, 3])')
// console.log(obj.value)
const obj = new DdbObj({
     form: DdbForm.set,
     type: DdbType.int,
     value: Int32Array.of(1, 2, 3),
     length: 0
})

// It's easier to use shortcut classes
const obj = new DdbSetInt(
     new Set([1, 2, 3])
)

NULL object in the form of scalar, the value corresponding to DdbObj is null in JavaScript

;(await ddb.eval('double()')).value === null

// create NULL object
new DdbInt(null)
new DdbDouble(null)

call Method Declaration

async call <T extends DdbObj> (
    /** function name */
    func: string,
    
    /** function arguments (The incoming native string and boolean will be automatically converted to DdbObj<string> and DdbObj<boolean>) */
    args?: (DdbObj | string | boolean)[] = [ ],
    
    /** calling options */
    options?: {
        /** Urgent flag. Use urgent worker to execute to prevent being blocked by other jobs */
        urgent?: boolean
        
        /** When the node alias is set, the function is sent to the corresponding node in the cluster for execution (using the rpc method in dolphin-dbase) */
        node?: string
        
        /** When setting multiple node aliases, send them to the corresponding multiple nodes in the cluster for execution (using the pnodeRun method in dolphin-dbase) */
        nodes?: string[]
        
        /** It must be passed when setting the node parameter, the function type needs to be specified, and it is not passed in other cases */
        func_type?: DdbFunctionType
        
        /** It may be  passed when setting the nodes parameter, otherwise may not be passed */
        add_node_alias?: boolean
    } = { }
): Promise<T>

2. Execute Script

Example

const result = await ddb.eval(
    'def foo (a, b) {\n' +
    '    return a + b\n' +
    '}\n' +
    'foo(1l, 1l)\n'
)

// TypeScript:
// import type { DdbLong } from 'dolphin-dbase'
// const result = await ddb.eval<DdbLong>(...)

console.log(result.value === 2n)  // true

In the above example, a script is uploaded through a string to the dolphin-dbase database for execution, and the execution result of the last statement foo(1l, 1l) is received.

<DdbLong> is used by TypeScript to infer the type of the return value

• result is a DdbLong, which is also a DdbObj<bigint>
• result.form is DdbForm.scalar
• result.type is DdbType.long
• result.value is the native bigint in JavaScript (the precision of long cannot be accurately represented by JavaScript number, but it can be represented by bigint)

As long as the WebSocket connection is not disconnected, the custom function foo will always exist in the subsequent session and can be reused, for example, you can use await ddb.call<DdbInt>('foo', [new DdbInt(1), new DdbInt(1)]) to call this custom function

eval Method Declaration

async eval <T extends DdbObj> (
    /** the script to execute */
    script: string,
    
    /** calling options */
    options: {
        /** Urgent flag. Use urgent worker to execute to prevent being blocked by other jobs */
        urgent?: boolean
    } = { }
): Promise<T>

3. Upload Variables

Example

import { DdbVectorDouble } from 'dolphin-dbase'

let a = new Array(10000)
a.fill(1.0)

ddb.upload(['bar1', 'bar2'], [new DdbVectorDouble(a), new DdbVectorDouble(a)])

In the above example, two variables bar1, bar2 are uploaded, and the variable value is a double vector of length 10000

As long as the WebSocket connection is not disconnected, the variables bar1, bar2 will always exist in the subsequent session and can be reused

upload Method Declaration

async upload (
    /** variable names */
    vars: string[],
    
    /** variable values */
    args: (DdbObj | string | boolean)[]
): Promise<void>

Some Examples

import { nulls, DdbInt, timestamp2str, DdbVectorSymbol, DdbTable, DdbVectorDouble } from 'dolphin-dbase'

// Format timestamp in dolphin-dbase as string
timestamp2str(
    (
        await ddb.call('now', [false])
        // TypeScript: await ddb.call<DdbObj<bigint>>('now', [false])
    ).value
) === '2022.02.23 17:23:13.494'

// create symbol vector
new DdbVectorSymbol(['aaa', 'aaa', 'aaa', 'aaa', 'aaa', 'bbb'])

// Create a double vector with NULL values using JavaScript native arrays
new DdbVectorDouble([0.1, null, 0.3])

// More efficient and memory efficient double vector creation using JavaScript TypedArray
let av = new Float64Array(3)
av[0] = 0.1
av[1] = nulls.double
av[2] = 0.3
new DdbVectorDouble(av)

// create DdbTable
new DdbTable(
    [
        new DdbVectorDouble([0.1, 0.2, null], 'col0'),
        new DdbVectorSymbol(['a', 'b', 'c'], 'col1')
    ],
    'mytable'
)