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# leveldb.nim
A self-contained LevelDB wrapper for Nim in a Nim friendly way. Uses git-submodule and nimterop so that no external libraries have to be installed or linked.
Original nim LevelDB wrapper: [HERE](https://github.com/zielmicha/leveldb.nim)
Replacing of system library dependency with self-contained C/CPP interoperability by (Codex.Storage)[https://codex.storage]
## Usage
Create a database:
```Nim
import leveldbstatic
import options
var db = leveldb.open("/tmp/mydata")
```
Read or modify the database content:
```Nim
assert db.getOrDefault("nothing", "") == ""
db.put("hello", "world")
db.put("bin", "GIF89a\1\0")
echo db.get("hello")
assert db.get("hello").isSome()
var key, val = ""
for key, val in db.iter():
echo key, ": ", repr(val)
db.delete("hello")
assert db.get("hello").isNone()
```
Batch writes:
```Nim
let batch = newBatch()
for i in 1..10:
batch.put("key" & $i, $i)
batch.delete("bin")
db.write(batch)
```
Iterate over subset of database content:
```Nim
for key, val in db.iterPrefix(prefix = "key1"):
echo key, ": ", val
for key, val in db.iter(seek = "key3", reverse = true):
echo key, ": ", val
db.close()
```
## Compiling with optimizations
CMake is used during compilation to determine which of the following optimization options are enabled. You can set the following nim compiler flags to 0 or 1 to override them:
- fdatasync from <unistd.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_FDATASYNC=1`
- F_FULLSYNC from <fcntl.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_FULLFSYNC=1`
- O_CLOEXEC from <fcntl.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_O_CLOEXEC=1`
- crc32c from <crc32c/crc32c.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_CRC32C=1`
- snappy from <snappy.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_SNAPPY=1`
- zstd from <zstd.h> `--passC:-DHAVE_ZSTD=1`
## Updating
When you want to update this library to a new version of LevelDB, follow these steps:
- Update LevelDB submodule to new version.
- Run 'build.sh'.
- Run 'nimble build' and 'nimble test'.
- Make sure everything's working.
- Increment version of this library in 'leveldbstatic.nimble'.
- Commit the changes.
- Tag the commit with the new version number.
- Push.