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var EJDB = require("ejdb");
//Open zoo DB
var jb = EJDB.open("zoo",
EJDB.DEFAULT_OPEN_MODE | EJDB.JBOTRUNC);
var parrot1 = {
"name" : "Grenny",
"type" : "African Grey",
"male" : true,
"age" : 1,
"birthdate" : new Date(),
"likes" : ["green color", "night", "toys"],
"extra1" : null
};
var parrot2 = {
"name" : "Bounty",
"type" : "Cockatoo",
"male" : false,
"age" : 15,
"birthdate" : new Date(),
"likes" : ["sugar cane"]
};
jb.save("parrots", [parrot1, parrot2], function(err, oids) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
console.log("Grenny OID: " + parrot1["_id"]);
console.log("Bounty OID: " + parrot2["_id"]);
jb.find("parrots",
{"likes" : "toys"},
{"$orderby" : {"name" : 1}},
function(err, cursor, count) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
console.log("Found " + count + " parrots");
while (cursor.next()) {
console.log(cursor.field("name") + " likes toys!");
}
//It's not mandatory to close cursor explicitly
cursor.close();
jb.close(); //Close the database
});
});
FAQs
EJDB - Embedded JSON Database engine
The npm package ejdb receives a total of 123 weekly downloads. As such, ejdb popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that ejdb demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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