level-relation

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level-relation

relations and joins between sublevels

Installing

npm install level-relation

Example

var level = require('level');
var sublevel = require('sublevel');
var indexing = require('level-indexing');
var relation = require('level-relation');
 
var top = level('./level-test');
var db = sublevel(top, { valueEncoding: 'json' });
 
// create some sublevels
var users = db.sublevel('users');
var posts = db.sublevel('posts');
 
// enable indexing
indexing(users);
indexing(posts);
 
// index some properties
users.index('username');
posts.index('title');
 
// create some entries
var user = { username: 'john' };
var post = { title: 'foobar' };
 
users.put(1, user, function(err){
  posts.put(2, post, function(err){
    // create a dual relation
    relation(users, posts)
    .put(post).in(user, 'posts')
    .and(user).in(post, 'owner')
    .end(function(err){
      if (err) throw err;
 
      var p = users.posts.by(user);
      p.on('data', console.log); // => { title: 'foobar' }
 
      var u = posts.owner.by(post);
      u.on('data', console.log); // => { username: 'john' }
    });
  });
});

API

relation(a, b)

Create a relation job.

relation(db).have(name)

Creates a stream factory for db for relations name with b.

This is also added implicitly when a new relation is created.

Example:

relation(users).have('posts');
var p = users.posts.by(user);

put(x).in(y, name)

Puts x in y relations of name.

Example:

relation(users, posts)
.put(post).in(user, 'posts')

put(x).in(y, name).and(y).in(x, name)

Creates a dual relation.

Example:

relation(users, posts)
.put(post).in(user, 'posts')
.and(user).in(post, 'owner')

del(x).from(y, name)

Deletes relation name between x with y.

Example:

relation(users, posts)
.del(post).from(user, 'posts')

del(x).from(y, name).and(y).from(x, name)

Deletes a dual relation.

Example:

relation(users, posts)
.del(post).from(user, 'posts')
.and(user).from(post, 'owner')

end(fn)

Executes batch job and callbacks fn.

Example:

relation(users, posts)
.put(post).in(user, 'posts')
.and(user).in(post, 'owner')
.end(function(err){
  if (err) throw err; // throws on duplicate relations
  // relations created
});

name.by(x[, options])

Creates a ReadStream for name relations by x.

Options:

  • keys=false {Boolean} when true, stream keys without resolving
  • ordered=true {Boolean} preserve insertion order

Examples:

// will resolve every relation and stream the foreign objects
// ordered by the insertion time (slowest)
var p = users.posts.by(user);
 
// will resolve every relation and stream the foreign objects
// unordered (bit faster)
var p = users.posts.by(user, { ordered: false });
 
// will only stream the foreign keys, ordered by time (fast)
var p = users.posts.by(user, { keys: true });
 
// only gets foreign keys, not ordered by time (fastest)
var p = users.posts.by(user, { keys: true, ordered: false });

License

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