Constant Database Read in pure javascript.

A CDB is an associative array mapping strings to values using a hash lookup.

This is a rewrite of D. J. Bernstein's Constant Database program.

More information on CDB here: http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html

Installation

Through NPM

npm install node-cdblib

Through Git

git clone github.com:jukebox42/node-cdblib.git
cd node-cdblib
npm install # to install deps

Example Usage

var CDB_Read = require('./../node-cdblib').CDB_Reader;

var reader = new CDB_Read({filepath:CDB_FILE_LOCATION}, function(cdb) {
	cdb.find(KEY, function(value){
		console.log(value);
	});
});

Testing

npm test

Documentation

CDB_Reader(opts, callback) - The CDB Reader object. returns a cdb object that has the fund and find_all functions

Options:

• filepath (string) - string contains the path to the file (required)
• cache (string) - boolean that when set to true will cache table location and size within the cdb. false by default. setting this will speed up the lookups at a small memory increase (optional)

CDB Functions:

find(key,callback,offset) - Finds the first instance of a key and returns the value in the callback. false if the key was not found.

key (string) - they key to look up the value for

callback (function) - The callback function. will contain one return value(string). false if key was not found

offset (int) - when dealing with CDB files with multiple of the same key tyou can use offset to traverse them. defaults to 0 (optional)

find_all(key, callback) - Finds all instances of a key and returns the array of values in the callback. false if they key was not found.

key (string) - they key to look up the value for

callback (function) - The callback function. will contain one return value(array). false if key was not found.

Notes

• I do plan on adding the ability to write. Haven't got there yet.
• Has not been load tested yet. Getting there.
• Code is fully commented if you get curious.
• May contain bugs. Use at own risk.

License

MIT