easy-nodejs-app-settings

With this module you can easily save settings of your Nodejs App or Electron App.

Use Module

Install

npm install easy-nodejs-app-settings --save

Run Test

This test will be ckeck if the module is working. And has the right permissions.

cd node_modules/easy-nodejs-app-settings

npm run test

require

const fm = require('easy-nodejs-app-settings')

Init with async function and await

async function init(){
	var DataStore = new fm.File({ 
		appname: 'YOUR-APP-NAME', // required
		file: 'DataStore.json', // required
		data: {}, // Optional, Set Data on Init only if the file is newly created or overwriteOnInit is true
		overwriteOnInit: true, // Optional, Set true if you want to overwrite the file on init. Attention the whole file will be overwritten! 
		interval: 5000, // Optional, if not set the interval no File watcher will be created 
		doLogging: false // Optional
	})

	await DataStore.init()
	console.log('DataStore File Init')
	console.log(DataStore.data)
}

Events

DataStore.event.on('change', (data) => {
	console.log('Event change: ');
});

DataStore.event.on('remove', (data) => {
	console.log('Event remove: ');
});

Set Entry File

try {
	await DataStore.set({user: {name: 'John Doe', age: 30, email:''}});
} catch (error) {
	console.log('Error: ', error);
}

get Entry File without reloading from Drive

console.log(DataStore.data);

get Entry File with reloading from Drive

await DataStore.get();

remove File from Drive

await DataStore.remove();

JSON Files only

Set Key Value

await DataStore.setKey({ 'user.name': 'herbbert', 'user.age': '28' });

Get Key Value

await DataStore.getKey('user.name');

Push to Array or Assign to Object

if you want to push to an Array or Assign data to an Object, the array or object must be defined in the file

// Define an Array
await DataStore.setKey({ testArr: [ 1, 2 ] });
// Define an Object
await DataStore.setKey({ testObj: { A: 1, B: 2 } });

push Value to Array or Object

//Push to Array
await DataStore.push({ testArr: 3 });
//Assign to Object
await DataStore.push({ testObj: { C: 3, D: 4 } });