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# Manage

## Create Record <a href="#create" id="create"></a>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="In database" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.create('tag', content, options)
```

{% endcode %}

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>tag</td><td>The new Record's tag</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>content</td><td>The Record's content</td><td>Any</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>options</td><td>writeFile options</td><td>String || Object</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Standalone" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
const { Record } = require("dubnium")
Record( tag:"tag", dir:"./data", ext:"json", content )
```

{% endcode %}

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>dir</td><td>Dir to create in</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>tag</td><td>Record's tag</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>content</td><td>Record content</td><td>Any</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>ext</td><td>File extension</td><td>String</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

If `ext` is not specified, it will default to `json`
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="From File" %}

```javascript
db.create('tag', path, options)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>tag</td><td>The new Record's tag</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>path</td><td>Path to get content from</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>options</td><td>writeFile options</td><td>String || object</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Clone" %}

```javascript
db.get('tag').clone('target')
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>target</td><td>Target directory to clone the record in.</td><td>String</td><td>true</td></tr></tbody></table>
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Delete Record <a href="#delete" id="delete"></a>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="1" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.get('tag').delete()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="2" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.delete('tag')
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Close

Delete **all** records & the directory

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.close()
```

{% endcode %}

### Wipe

Delete **all** records & *preserve* the directory

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.wipe()
```

{% endcode %}

### Delete Old Records

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.deleteOld({ ms:5, seconds:5, minutes:5, hours:5, days:0})
```

{% endcode %}

Requires at least one of the options below (multiple options will stack)

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-hidden data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ms</td><td>Milliseconds</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>seconds</td><td>Seconds</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>minutes</td><td>Minutes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>hour</td><td>Hours</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>days</td><td>Days</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Delete Large Records

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.deleteLarge({ bytes:0, kilobytes:0, megabytes:0, gigabytes:0 })
```

{% endcode %}

Requires at least one of the options below (multiple options will stack)

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-hidden data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>options.bytes</td><td>Bytes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.kilobytes</td><td>Kilobytes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.megabytes</td><td>Megabytes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.gigabytes</td><td>Gigabytes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>


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