A Shell Example

dataset

Below is a simple example of shell based interaction with dataset a collection using the command line dataset tool.

    # Create a collection "friends.ds", the ".ds" lets the bin/dataset command know that's the collection to use. 
    dataset init friends.ds
    # if successful then you should see an OK otherwise an error message

    # Create a JSON document 
    dataset create friends.ds frieda \
        '{"name":"frieda","email":"frieda@inverness.example.org"}'
    # If successful then you should see an OK otherwise an error message

    # Read a JSON document
    dataset read friends.ds frieda
    
    # Update a JSON document
    dataset update friends.ds frieda \
        '{"name":"frieda","email":"frieda@zbs.example.org", "count": 2}'
    # If successful then you should see an OK or an error message

    # List the keys in the collection
    dataset keys friends.ds

    # Delete a JSON document
    dataset delete friends.ds frieda

    # To remove the collection just use the Unix shell command
    rm -fR friends.ds

datasetd

We need to have two shell sessions running for this example.

For this example we’re going to use the “friends.ds” collection created in the previous example. We need to create a “settings.json” file in the same directory where you have “friends.ds”. We will use it to start datasetd. That file should contain

    {
        "host": "localhost:8485",
        "collections": {
            "friends": {
                "dataset": "friends.ds",
                "keys": true,
                "create": true,
                "read": true,
                "update": true,
                "delete": true
            }
        }
    }

We start up datasetd with the following command.

    datasetd settings.json

In this first session you will see log output to the console. We can use that to see how the service handles the requests.

In a second shell session we’re going to use the curl command to interact with our collections.

    # Create a JSON document 
    curl -X POST -H 'application/json' \
    'http://localhost:8485/friends/object/frieda' \
    -d '{"name":"frieda","email":"frieda@inverness.example.org"}'

    # Read a JSON document
    curl 'http://localhost:8485/friends/object/frieda'
    
    # Update a JSON document
    curl -X PUT -H 'application/json' \
    'http://localhost:8485/friends/object/frieda' \
    -d '{"name":"frieda","email":"frieda@zbs.example.org", "count": 2}'

    # List the keys in the collection
    curl 'http://localhost:8485/friends/keys'

    # Delete a JSON document
    curl -X DELETE 'http://localhost:8485/friends/object/frieda'