seedbee

Bee for seeds

npm i seedbee

Usage

const SeedBee = require('seedbee')
const Hypercore = require('hypercore')

const core = new Hypercore('./storage')
const seed = new SeedBee(core)

const KEY = 'fbh6h7j9xgpsqeyke9rtzbcyowwobxfozhr3ukz9x64kf9zok41o'

await seed.put(KEY, { type: 'core' })
console.log('Initial', await seed.get(KEY)) // => { type, description, seeders }

for await (const entry of seed.entries()) {
  console.log('Entry', entry) // => { seq, key, value }

  await seed.edit(entry, { description: 'Some text' })
  console.log('After edited', await seed.get(KEY))
}

await seed.del(KEY)
console.log('After deleted', await seed.get(KEY)) // => null

await seed.close()

API

const seed = new SeedBee(core)

Creates a Hyperbee adapted to store seeds. core must be a Hypercore instance.

await seed.ready()

Waits for the bee to be ready.

await seed.close()

Closes the underlying bee.

await seed.put(key, options)

Add a new seed to the list. key can be a Buffer or String.

Available options:

{
  type: String, // Required as 'core', 'bee', or 'drive'
  description: String,
  seeders: Boolean
}

Notice that type is the only one required, the rest are optional.

await seed.edit(entry, options)

Modify an entry with new options. entry must be like { key, value }.

Same options as put method.

await seed.get(key, [options])

Gets the value of a seed entry. key can be a Buffer or String.

Same options as Hyperbee.get method.

await seed.del(key)

Deletes a seed entry. key can be a Buffer or String.

const iterator = await seed.entries([options])

Read stream of entries.

Available options:

{
  type: String // Filter by type
}

await seed.metadata.put(key, value)

Add a new Seedbee metadata value.

const key = 'key'
const value = '*'
await seed.metadata.put(key, value)

const value = await seed.metadata.get(key)

Read a Seedbee metadata value.

await seed.metadata.del(key)

Delete a Seedbee metadata value.

License

Apache-2.0