This pacakge is Node.js binding for ZboxFS.
ZboxFS is a zero-details, privacy-focused in-app file system. Its goal is to help application store files securely, privately and reliably. Check more details about ZboxFS.
npm i @zbox/nodejs
Visit https://zbox.io/try to create a test repo. Copy its URI and replace
[your_repo_uri]
in below.
const assert = require('assert').strict;
const Zbox = require('@zbox/nodejs');
(async () => {
// create a Zbox instance
const zbox = new Zbox();
// initialise environment, called once before using Zbox
await zbox.initEnv({ log: { level: 'debug' } });
// open the repo
var repo = await zbox.openRepo({
uri: '[your_repo_uri]',
pwd: 'secret password',
opts: { create: true }
});
// create a file
var file = await repo.createFile('/hello_world.txt');
// write content to file
await file.writeOnce('Hello, World!');
// seek to the beginning of file
await file.seek({ from: Zbox.SeekFrom.Start, offset: 0 });
// read all content as string
const str = await file.readAllString()
assert.strictEqual(str, 'Hello, World!');
// close file and repo
await file.close();
await repo.close();
})();
Check the API documentation at https://docs.zbox.io/api/.
This is for advanced user. If simply use this package, you don't need to build
by yourself as npm install
will automatically download the pre-built binary.
This library needs to be compiled to platform-specific binary, it currently supports 64-bit Linux, macOS and Windows.
After running the building command, it will generate index.node
shared
library in native
folder. This library must be used with javascript wrappers,
which can be found in lib
directory.
Use zboxfs/nodejs
docker image to build the shared library.
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/root/zbox zboxfs/nodejs npm run build
Use below command to build the shared library.
npm run build
-
windows-build-tools
npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
Use below command to build the shared library.
npm run build
This package is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.