hyperlevel-backup

High level API for replicating a hyperleveldb, taking advantage of the .liveBackup function provided by hyperleveldb.

Unfortunately .liveBackup does not exist in stock google leveldb.

.liveBackup creates a consistent snapshot of a running hyperleveldb instance. the files are hardlinks where possible to the originals. this module implements methods for streaming the contents of a leveldb folder as a .tar.gz stream and unpacking them on the other end, for doing replication or backups of hyperleveldb instances.

var hlc = require('hyperlevel-backup')

API

hlb(hyper, opts, httpResponse)

function for mounting this module in an http API. creates a snapshot of a hyperleveldb instance, and then streams a tar.gz of the files to the httpResponse

opts must have at least these keys:

{
  hyper: hyperleveldbInstance,
  dir: pathToHyperleveldbFolder
}

and can optionally also have:

{
  onCleanup: function() {}, // gets called when the snapshot gets removed after replication
  backupName: string/int, // used to name the backup folder, default is a timestamp
  cleanup: boolean // default true, if false snapshot won't be removed after replication
}

license

BSD