@fedify/botkit-postgres

This package is a PostgreSQL-based repository implementation for BotKit. It provides persistent shared storage for bots running on either Deno or Node.js, supports connection pooling through Postgres.js, and stores BotKit repository data in ordinary PostgreSQL tables under a dedicated schema.

Installation

deno add jsr:@fedify/botkit-postgres
npm  add     @fedify/botkit-postgres
pnpm add     @fedify/botkit-postgres
yarn add     @fedify/botkit-postgres

Usage

The PostgresRepository can be used as a drop-in repository implementation for BotKit:

import { createBot } from "@fedify/botkit";
import { PostgresRepository } from "@fedify/botkit-postgres";

const bot = createBot({
  username: "mybot",
  repository: new PostgresRepository({
    url: "postgresql://localhost/botkit",
    schema: "botkit",
    maxConnections: 10,
  }),
});

You can also inject an existing Postgres.js client. In that case the repository does not own the client and close() will not shut it down:

import postgres from "postgres";
import { PostgresRepository } from "@fedify/botkit-postgres";

const sql = postgres("postgresql://localhost/botkit");
const repository = new PostgresRepository({
  sql,
  schema: "botkit",
});

Options

The PostgresRepository constructor accepts the following options:

• sql: An existing Postgres.js client to use.

• url: A PostgreSQL connection string for an internally managed connection pool.

• schema (optional): The PostgreSQL schema name used for BotKit tables. Defaults to "botkit".

• maxConnections (optional): Maximum number of connections for an internally managed pool created from url.

• prepare (optional): Whether to use prepared statements for queries. Defaults to true.

The options are mutually exclusive: use either sql or url. The maxConnections option is only valid together with url.

Schema setup

The repository creates its schema and tables automatically on first use. If you want to provision them explicitly ahead of time, use the exported initializePostgresRepositorySchema() helper:

import postgres from "postgres";
import { initializePostgresRepositorySchema } from "@fedify/botkit-postgres";

const sql = postgres("postgresql://localhost/botkit");
await initializePostgresRepositorySchema(sql, "botkit");

If you disable prepared statements, pass false as the third argument so schema initialization uses the same setting.

Features

• Cross-runtime: Works with both Deno and Node.js using Postgres.js

• Shared persistent storage: Suitable for multi-process and multi-instance deployments backed by PostgreSQL

• Schema namespacing: Keeps BotKit tables grouped under a dedicated PostgreSQL schema

• Full Repository API: Implements BotKit repository storage for key pairs, messages, followers, follows, followees, and poll votes

• Explicit resource ownership: Repositories created from a URL own their pool, while repositories created from an injected client leave lifecycle control to the caller