Canery

Canery is a simple and easy to use key/value store with several commands to store and retrieve data. Canery uses Sequel for persistence, so it can be used in virtually any environment where a SQL database is available. (For more information about the available database adapters please check out the appropriate section in the Sequel documentation.)

gem install canery

Canery provides a simple and understandable API which is a bit inspired by Redis. So everyone with a little knowledge of Redis should be able to use Canery, too.

require 'canery'

# Create a Client interface with an in-memory SQLite database 
client = Canery::Client.new

# Create a Client interface connecting to a PostgreSQL database
client = Canery::Client.new("postgres://username:password@host:port/database_name")

# Create a new namespace
store = client.tub("store")

# Set a simple value in this defined namespace
store.set("github", "github is awesome") # => "github"

# Get this previously set value
store.get("github") # => "github is awesome"

# Canery can also handle complex data types
store.set("demo_hash", {:first_name => "John", :last_name => "Doe"}) # => "demo_hash"

# Get this complex value
store.get("demo_hash") # => {:first_name => "John", :last_name => "Doe"}

# If you set nil as key, Canery builds a uuid-key for you
store.set(nil, "oh my god, no key given!") # => "2cf7541a-00c1-4bda-8c75-fc32a5f5fac7"

For more information consider the wiki. (Comming soon... I promise!)

Due to the nature of SQL databases it's (almost) impossible for Canery to be as fast as well-known NoSQL key/value stores like Kyoto Cabinet, LevelDB or Redis. But for environments where NoSQL databases are not available or just for small Web Applications you should give Canery a try.

Theoretically every string can be used as a key/tub name, from a string like "foo" to the serialized content of a PNG file. Even an empty string is a valid key/tub name. But for better performance the max key size defaults to 255 characters.

Please keep in mind that Canery uses strings for all keys/tub names, so any other data type will be converted to a string!

Canery makes use of Ruby's marshaling library for serializing the given values. So every data type which supports marshalling is compatible with Canery. If you want to add serialization support to your class (for example, if you want to serialize in some specific format), or if it contains objects that would otherwise not be serializable, you can implement your own serialization strategy. See Ruby's Mashal Documentation for more information.

Copyright (c) 2012 Matthias Kalb, Railsmechanic

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