Grid()

Constructor

A class representation of a simple Grid interface.

class Grid()

Arguments:

• db (db) – A database instance to interact with.
• [fsName] (string) – optional different root collection for GridFS.

Returns:

grid

put

Puts binary data to the grid

Options

• _id {Any}, unique id for this file
• root {String}, root collection to use. Defaults to {GridStore.DEFAULT_ROOT_COLLECTION}.
• content_type {String}, mime type of the file. Defaults to {GridStore.DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE}.
• chunk_size {Number}, size for the chunk. Defaults to {Chunk.DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE}.
• metadata {Object}, arbitrary data the user wants to store.

put(data[, options], callback)

Arguments:

• data (buffer) – buffer with Binary Data.
• [options] (object) – the options for the files.
• callback (function) – this will be called after this method is executed. The first parameter will contain an Error object if an error occured or null otherwise. The second parameter will contain a reference to this object.

Returns:

null

Examples

A simple example showing the usage of the put method.

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('test', new Server('localhost', 27017));
// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  // Create a new grid instance
  var grid = new Grid(db, 'fs');
  // Some data to write
  var originalData = new Buffer('Hello world');
  // Write data to grid
  grid.put(originalData, {}, function(err, result) {
    // Fetch the content
    grid.get(result._id, function(err, data) {
      assert.deepEqual(originalData.toString('base64'), data.toString('base64'));

      db.close();
    });
  });
});

A simple example showing the usage of the put method.

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('test', new Server('localhost', 27017));
// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  // Create a new grid instance
  var grid = new Grid(db, 'fs');
  // Some data to write
  var originalData = new Buffer('Hello world');
  // Write data to grid
  var id = 123;
  grid.put(originalData, {_id: id}, function(err, result) {
    // Fetch the content
    grid.get(id, function(err, data) {
      assert.deepEqual(originalData.toString('base64'), data.toString('base64'));

      db.close();
    });
  });
});

A simple example showing the usage of the put method.

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('test', new Server('localhost', 27017));
// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  // Create a new grid instance
  var grid = new Grid(db, 'fs');
  // Some data to write
  var originalData = new Buffer('Hello world');
  // Write data to grid
  var id = 'test';
  grid.put(originalData, {_id: id}, function(err, result) {
    assert.equal(result._id, id);

    // Fetch the content
    grid.get(id, function(err, data) {
      assert.deepEqual(originalData.toString('base64'), data.toString('base64'));

      db.close();
    });
  });
});

get

Get binary data to the grid

get(id, callback)

Arguments:

• id (any) – for file.
• callback (function) – this will be called after this method is executed. The first parameter will contain an Error object if an error occured or null otherwise. The second parameter will contain a reference to this object.

Returns:

null

Examples

A simple example showing the usage of the get method.

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('test', new Server('localhost', 27017));
// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  // Create a new grid instance
  var grid = new Grid(db, 'fs');
  // Some data to write
  var originalData = new Buffer('Hello world');
  // Write data to grid
  grid.put(originalData, {}, function(err, result) {
    // Fetch the content
    grid.get(result._id, function(err, data) {
      assert.deepEqual(originalData.toString('base64'), data.toString('base64'));

      // Should fail due to illegal objectID
      grid.get('not an id', function(err, result) {
        assert.ok(err != null);

        db.close();
      });
    });
  });
});

delete

Delete file from grid

delete(id, callback)

Arguments:

• id (any) – for file.
• callback (function) – this will be called after this method is executed. The first parameter will contain an Error object if an error occured or null otherwise. The second parameter will contain a reference to this object.

Returns:

null

Examples

A simple example showing the usage of the delete method.

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('test', new Server('localhost', 27017));
// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  // Create a new grid instance
  var grid = new Grid(db, 'fs');
  // Some data to write
  var originalData = new Buffer('Hello world');
  // Write data to grid
  grid.put(originalData, {}, function(err, result) {

    // Delete file
    grid.delete(result._id, function(err, result2) {
      assert.equal(null, err);
      assert.equal(true, result2);

      // Fetch the content, showing that the file is gone
      grid.get(result._id, function(err, data) {
        assert.ok(err != null);
        assert.equal(null, data);

        db.close();
      });
    });
  });
});