A lightweight solution to use a cloud Key-Value database based on github.com.

npm install freedb --save

import Free from 'freedb';

const kv = new Free.KV({
  // This is my public test account and token, only used for test and CI.
  // If you want to have your own database,
  // Then you need to create a repository and generate a token.
  host: '[email protected]:Gcaufy-Test/test-database.git',
  token: 'your_github_repo_token'
});

kv.set('mykey', 'myvalue').then(res => {
  console.log(res.raw_url);
});

1. Create or use your own github.com account and login.
2. Go to: Settings -> Developer settings -> Personal access tokens -> Generate new token
3. Select scopes: "repo" to make sure you grant access.

• Create a KV instance

  new Free.KV(option: DataBaseOption):

  DataBaseOption {
      // host: github clone links, support both https/ssh links
      host: string;
      // token: OAuth token, make sure you have read/write access for the repo
      token: string;
      // db: Basiclly it's a directory, default value is "default"
      db?: string;
      // branch: git branch, default value is "master"
      branch?: string;
      // cipher: if is a string, then treat as a secret key for aes192 for both key and value. or you can customize a encryt and decrypt function
      cipher?: CipherOption | string;
      // debug: show action log or not.
      debug?: boolean;
  }
  
  CipherOption {
    // secret key for encrypt
    secret: string;
    // customize encrypt algorithm, default value is ase192 encrypt algorithm
    encode: (str: string): string;
    // customize decrypt algorithm, default value is ase192 decrypt algorithm
    decode: (str: string): string;
  }
  

• KV instance methods

  1. use(db: string): void

  Switch database. can be a non-exist database.

  2. keys(): Promise<KeyRecord[]>

  List all keys in current database;

  3. exist(key: string): Promise

  Check a key exist or not in current database;

  4. get(key: string): Promise

  Get a key record in current database;

  5. set(key: string, value: string): Promise

  Set a value for a key. Will create a key if a key do not exist;

  6. append(key: string): Promise

  Append a value for a key. Will create a key if a key do not exist;

  KeyRecord {
    // Key content
    content?: string;
    // Key name
    name?: string;
    // Key content size, if the key do not exist, then size = -1
    size?: number;
    // Key git raw url
    raw_url?: string;
    // Key git html url
    html_url?: string;
    // Key git commit hash if there is
    commit?: string;
  }
  

There are two way to protect your data.

1. Encrypt you key and value in CipherOption

new GitDB.KV({
  host: '[email protected]:Gcuafy-Test/test-database',
  token: 'mytoken',
  cipher: {
    secret: 'my secret key',
    // Default value is using ase192 encrypt algorithm
    encode (str) {
      return MyEncryptMethod(str);
    },
    // Default value is using ase192 decrypt algorithm
    decode (str) {
      return MyDecryptMethod(str);
    }
  }
})

2. Make the repository private. Simply and easy. Github support private repository