Edit

How to edit Record content and attributes.

Append to Record

Append

await db.get('tag').append(content)

Prepend

Parameter	About	Type	Required
content	The content to add	Any

Truncate Record

await db.get('tag').truncate(length)

Parameter	About	Type	Required
length	New file length	Number

Edit Record Content

This will overwrite your record with the content provided.

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await db.get('tag').write(content)

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Parameter	About	Type	Required
tag	The Record's tag	String
content	The content to overwrite with	Any (must match file extension)

Safe & Atomic Writing

These functions are already used internally, but you can also use them yourself

Safe Write

await db.safeWrite('tag', content)

Parameter	About	Type
tag	The record tag	String
Content	The new content	Any

Atomic Update

Modify a Key

JSON Only

This function only modifies objects.

await db.get('tag').kv(key, value)

Parameter	About	Typr	Required
key	The key to set the value to	String
value	The value to set the key to. If value is omitted, it will return the value of key	Any

Modify a Record's Tag

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await db.get('old_tag').setTag('new_tag')

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Parameter	About	Type	Required
old_tag	The current tag of the Record.	String
new_tag	The new tag you want for the Record.	String

Overwrite from another Record

await db.get('tag').syncWith('_tag')

Parameter	About	Type	Required
_tag	The tag of the Record you want to get the content from.	String

Empty Record

Emptying a Record deletes the Record content but preserves the file.

await db.get('tag').empty()

Check if a Record is empty

await db.get('tag').isEmpty()