consul-kv-object

Store and retrive POJsO from consul keystore.

Usage

npm install --save consul-kv-object

var consul = require('consul')();
var kv = require('consul-kv-object')(consul.kv);

kv.set("test/key",{ pojo: true, nested: { yep: "asd" } });
kv.get("test/key", function( err, res ) { } );
kv.del("test/key");

Options

Options are passed as optional second parameter.

Option	Default	Meaning
mapTypes	true	Perform type mapping when setting and getting
guessTypes	false	Try to guess types when reading value with flags==0
defaultType	see below	Default type to use when flag is not recognized
typeMapFlags	see below	Type mapping array
concurrency	10	Number of concurrent consul connections when setting values

Type mapping

Types are preserved using flags and flag mapping array. Each type has other flag value. When flag is not recognized or type mapping is disabled, consul-kv-object returns strings.

Type guessing

When using guessTypes: true consul-kv-object will try to convert consul keys to Numbers, Booleans and Dates based on built-in heuristic. Type guessing requires enabled type mapping. Types determined by flags have priority.

Aim of type guessing is to allow operator to manually instert value into consul keystore.

Default

By default consul-kv-object understands and maps following types:

• String
• Number
• Boolean
• Date

Custom

Other types can be mapped to be understood by consul-kv-object. To use custom types, pass a flag mapping array as typeMapFlags option. It should consits of:

[
    { match: Function, make: Function, guess: Function }, // flags: 0
    { match: Function, make: Function, guess: Function }, // flags: 1
    { match: Function, make: Function, guess: Function },    
    [...]   
]

• match is the constructor function of your object, the one which is in instance.constructor.
• make is a factory function which takes a string and returns instance of your object.
• guess is a filter function, that takes a string and returns true if it is valid string representation of this type.

Objects used with consul-kv-object should have .toString method with enough representation to re-construct object with make call.

Build and testing

Basic tests:

npm test

Test coverage:

npm run coverage

Acceptance tests with live consul:

consul agent -bootstrap -server -advertise=127.0.0.1 -data-dir=/tmp/ &
npm run acceptance