Key-Value database for orbit-db
A key-value database just like your favourite key-value database.
Used in orbit-db.
npm install orbit-db ipfs
First, create an instance of OrbitDB:
const IPFS = require('ipfs')
const OrbitDB = require('orbit-db')
const ipfs = new IPFS()
const orbitdb = await OrbitDB.createInstance(ipfs)Get a key-value database and add an entry to it:
const kv = await orbitdb.kvstore('settings')
kv.put('volume', '100')
.then(() => {
console.log(kv.get('volume'))
// 100
})Later, when the database contains data, load the history and query when ready:
const kv = orbitdb.kvstore('settings')
kv.events.on('ready', () => {
console.log(kv.get('volume'))
// 100
})See orbit-db's API Documenations for full details.
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