ds

DS (data store)

This is a simple data store intended for prototyping. It will let you persist JS objects to disk with very little effort in JSON form.

DS is:

• Easy to install
• Easy to use
• Free!

DS is NOT:

• Smart
• Secure
• Scaleable
• Flexible
• Featureful

*** Do not use this in production. ***

Install

npm install ds

Example

var DS = require("ds").DS

// if no argument, "./ds.json" is used
// constructore calls load()
var ds = new DS("./ds.json")

ds.one = 1
ds.a = [1,2,"foo"]
ds.o = {bar:"baz", qux:42}
ds.save()		// data (all of it) written to ./ds.json
ds.clear()		// all data erased

API

load(path)		// load JSON data from file into memory
				// if path not provided, path provided to constructor is used
save(path)		// save JSON data to a specific file
save()			// save JSON data to same file as last time
clear()			// clear the in-memory data store

License

Copyright 2011 Sleepless Software Inc. All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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