☁️ Gist-DB ☁️

Treat your gist account like a database. Powered by TaffyDB and Github.

Install

npm install --save gist-db

Usage

var config = {
  github: {
    username: "mcwhittemore"
  }
}

var db = require("gist-db")(config);

db.event.on('refreshing', function(){
  //MIGHT WANT TO LOCK DOWN THINGS FOR A BIT
  console.log("LETS DO THIS");
});

db.event.on('refreshed', function(err){
  db().each(function(file){
    console.log(file);
  });
});

File Object structure

{
  id = gist_id + "_" + filename,
  filename = filename,
  gist_id = gist_id,
  error: undefined,
  raw: "THE RAW VALUE OF THE FILE",
  type: "mime type",
  language: "language the file is written in",
  raw_url: "https path to the raw text version of the file",
  size: numeric size of the file,
  gist: {
    id: gist_id
    public: boolean,
    created_at: date object,
    updated_at: date object,
    description: "the gist description"
  }
}

Demo

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/pinn3/gist-db

# Run the demo! This will also install dependencies and run the build script
npm run demo

API

Please refer to the TaffyDB docs for more details

GISTDB(config, fileInit, fileSave)

Create a new gist-db.

Parameters

• config: A settings object.

Required: {
  github:{
    username:"SOME_USER_NAME"
  }
}

Defaults: {
  refreshMin: 10,
    github: {
      per_page: 100,
      timeout: 5000,
      version: "3.0.0"
    },
    local: {
      save: "NEVER", //NEVER, ON_REFRESH, ALWAYS 
      location: undefined
    }
}

Available: {
  refreshMin: 10,
  github: {
    per_page: 100,
    timeout: 5000
    version: "3.0.0",
    authenticate: {
      type: "basic or oauth",
      username: "your_username_if_basic",
      password: "your_password_if_basic",
      token: "your_oauth_token_if_oauth"
    },
    local: {
      save: "NEVER OR NEVER OR ON_REFRESH OR ALWAYS"
      location: "path and filename"
    }
  }
}

• fileInit: function(file). A function that returns the file obj if it should be added to the DB and undefined if it should be excluded.

• fileSave: function(file, callback). A function that allows for further parameter work on files after the raw data has been received. A functioning implementation of this MUST pass the file object as a parameter to callback to save changes to the DB. Note: this will perform an update to the database.

db({field:value})

• TaffyDB: Yes

• Returns: All rows that meet the passed criteria. Not passing an object, will return all rows.

db.insert({})

Inserts records into the database.

• TaffyDB: Yes
• Returns: A query pointing to the inserted records

db.github

Full use of the github module passed the github subsection of your config file.

db.event

An implementation of require("events").EventEmitter

db.event.on('refreshing', function(){})

Use to be notified when gist-db is connecting gist for a refresh.

db.event.on('refreshed', function(err){})

Use to be notified when gist-db is done its current refresh. If err is set, this refresh was ended due to error.

db.event.on('file_error', function(err, file){})

Use to be notified of errors in gathering data on the gist files.

Parameters

• err: The error object that triggered this event
• file: The file object that was being gathered when the error occurred

db.event.on('github_error', function(err, res){})

Use to be notified of errors when connecting with github.

Parameters

• err: the github module error object that triggered this event

• res: The github module response object. Might contain good data about the error.

Things to be done

0.1.10

• Add tests

0.2.0

• Add Update gist.github
• Add Insert gist.github
• Add Delete gist.github

Licenses

All code not otherwise specified is released under the MIT License.

All code found in the node_modules directory is Copyrighted by its creators. Please see each module for further details.