replimate

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replimate

Replimate provides some helpers for working with the CouchDB 1.1 (and above) _replicator database. Using the _replicator database provides some benefits over the traditional replication methods including replication persistence across CouchDB server restarts.

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Example Usage

Working with replimate is designed to be really easy, and here are a few examples:

Getting the Current _replicator DB docs

var replimate = require('replimate');
var targetUrl = process.env.COUCHDB_URL || 'http://localhost:5984';
var out = require('out');
 
replimate(dbUrl, function(err, docs) {
  if (err) {
    return out.error(err);
  }
 
  console.log(docs);
});
 

Creating a New Replication Job

Creating a new replcication job is pretty easy also:

var replimate = require('replimate');
var targetUrl = process.env.COUCHDB_URL || 'http://localhost:5984';
var opts = {
  action: 'replicate',
  source: 'http://sidelab.iriscouch.com/seattle_neighbourhood',
  target: 'seattle_neighbourhood'
};
 
// create a replication rule to run from the test seattle_neighbourhood db
// to a local copy on the replimate instance
replimate(targetUrl, opts, function(err, monitor) {
  console.log('replication started');
 
  // using the returned monitor,
  // report when the replication has finished
  monitor.on('completed', function() {
    console.log('replication finished');
  });
});
 

You will note here, however, that we need to supply admin credentials to create a new replication job as the seattle_neighbourhood db will be need to be created on the replimate.iriscouch.com server.

Removing Completed Jobs

One thing that is interesting about the _replicator database is that it does start to fill up with replication jobs that have been completed in the past. In an effort to help keep my replicator database instances clear, the clear-completed job was created.

Like creating new replication jobs, a user with admin privileges is required:

var replimate = require('replimate');
var targetUrl = process.env.COUCHDB_URL || 'http://localhost:5984';
var out = require('out');
 
replimate(targetUrl, { action: 'clear-completed' }, function(err) {
  if (err) {
    return out.error(err);
  }
 
  out('_replicator database now a little cleaner...');
});

Reference

replimate(targetUrl, opts?, callback)

Start the replimate process. The targetUrl specifies the target couch server endpoint (including basic auth admin credentials if required).

If no opts are specified, then replimate will simply return information on the entries within the _replicator database on that server.

Monitor

The replication Monitor class is returned from creating a replication task using replimate. A Monitor provides a useful way to pass around an object that can be used in other parts of your application to check on the status of a particular replication job

cancel(callback)

Cancel a replication task

checkStatus(callback)

Request the status of the replication task.

_checkState(stateName)

This is a simple helper function that will check the current state of the specified state name, and if already flagged trigger an event immediately when a new event listener is coupled to the replication monitor

_monitorState(targetState, interval = 1000)

Monitor the state of the replication job, and update data against the monitor as it changes.

Replimate Core Actions

Replimate implements a few core actions that can be invoked through the options passed to replimate

info(targetUrl, opts, callback)

The info action is used to retrieve a list of all the current replication jobs for the target servers _replicator database. If no action is specified, then info is used by default

replicate(targetUrl, opts, callback)

The replicate action is used to create a new replication task in the target server's _replicator database. For information on how the CouchDB _replicator database operates, see the CouchDB wiki

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MIT

Copyright (c) 2016 Damon Oehlman damon.oehlman@gmail.com

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