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# NeDB (Node embedded database)
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<img src="http://i.imgur.com/GdeQBmc.png" style="width: 25%; height: 25%; float: left;">
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**Embedded persistent database for Node.js, written in Javascript, with no dependency** (except npm
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modules of course). You can **think of it as a SQLite for Node.js projects**, which
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can be used with a simple `require` statement. The API is a subset of MongoDB's. You can use it as a persistent or an in-memory only datastore.
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NeDB is not intended to be a replacement of large-scale databases such as MongoDB! Its goal is to provide you with a clean and easy way to query data and persist it to disk, for web applications that do not need lots of concurrent connections, for example a <a href="https://github.com/louischatriot/braindead-ci" target="_blank">continuous integration and deployment server</a> and desktop applications built with <a href="https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit" target="_blank">Node Webkit</a>.
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I recently benchmarked NeDB against the popular client-side database <a href="http://www.taffydb.com/" target="_blank">TaffyDB</a> and <a href="https://github.com/louischatriot/taffydb-benchmark" target="_blank">NeDB is much, much faster</a>, so I will port it to browsers. Please comment on <a href="https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb/issues/23">this issue</a> if you have any ideas/requirements.
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## Installation, tests
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Module name on npm is `nedb`.
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```javascript
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npm install nedb --save // Put latest version in your package.json
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npm test // You'll need the dev dependencies to test it
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```
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## API
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It's a subset of MongoDB's API (the most used operations). The current API will not change, but I will add operations as they are needed. Summary of the API:
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* <a href="#creatingloading-a-database">Creating/loading a database</a>
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* <a href="#inserting-documents">Inserting documents</a>
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* <a href="#finding-documents">Finding documents</a>
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* <a href="#updating-documents">Updating documents</a>
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* <a href="#removing-documents">Removing documents</a>
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* <a href="#indexing">Indexing</a>
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### Creating/loading a database
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You can use NeDB as an in-memory only datastore or as a persistent datastore. One datastore is the equivalent of a MongoDB collection. The constructor is used as follows `new Datastore(options)` where `options` is an object with the following fields:
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* `filename` (optional): path to the file where the data is persisted. If left blank, the datastore is automatically considered in-memory only.
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* `nodeWebkitAppName` (optional): if you are using NeDB from whithin a Node Webkit app, specify its name (the same one you use in the `package.json`) in this field and the `filename` will be relative to the directory Node Webkit uses to store the rest of the application's data (local storage etc.). It works on Linux, OS X and Windows.
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* `inMemoryOnly` (optional, defaults to false): as the name implies.
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* `pipeline` (optional, defaults to false): use pipelining. This is an experimental feature that speeds up writes (about 2x) but can sometime increase read times. You probably shouldn't use it yet.
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```javascript
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// In-memory only datastore
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var Datastore = require('nedb'),
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, db = new Datastore();
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// Persistent datastore
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var Datastore = require('nedb')
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, db = new Datastore({ filename: 'path/to/datafile' });
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// Persistent datastore for a Node Webkit app called 'nwtest'
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// For example on Linux, the datafile will be ~/.config/nwtest/nedb-data/something.db
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var Datastore = require('nedb')
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, db = new Datastore({ filename: 'something.db', nodeWebkitAppName: 'nwtest' });
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db.loadDatabase(function (err) { // Callback is optional
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// err is the error, if any
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});
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// Of course you can create multiple datastores if you need several
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// collections. For example:
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db = {};
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db.users = new Datastore('path/to/users.db');
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db.robots = new Datastore('path/to/robots.db');
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// You need to load each database (here we do it asynchronously)
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db.users.loadDatabase();
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db.robots.loadDatabase();
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```
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### Inserting documents
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The native types are `String`, `Number`, `Boolean`, `Date` and `null`. You can also use
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arrays and subdocuments (objects). If a field is `undefined`, it will not be saved (this is different from
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MongoDB which transforms `undefined` in `null`, something I find counter-intuitive).
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An `_id` field will be automatically generated by NeDB. It's a 16-characters alphanumerical string that cannot be modified once it has been generated. Unlike with MongoDB, you cannot specify it (that shouldn't be a problem anyway).
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Field names cannot begin by '$' or contain a '.'.
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```javascript
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var document = { hello: 'world'
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, n: 5
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, today: new Date()
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, nedbIsAwesome: true
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, notthere: null
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, notToBeSaved: undefined // Will not be saved
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, fruits: [ 'apple', 'orange', 'pear' ]
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, infos: { name: 'nedb' }
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};
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db.insert(document, function (err, newDoc) { // Callback is optional
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// newDoc is the newly inserted document, including its _id
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// newDoc has no key called notToBeSaved since its value was undefined
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});
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```
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### Finding documents
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Use `find` to look for multiple documents matching you query, or `findOne` to look for one specific document. You can select documents based on field equality or use comparison operators (`$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`, `$in`, `$nin`, `$ne`). You can also use logical operators `$or`, `$and` and `$not`. See below for the syntax.
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#### Basic querying
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```javascript
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// Let's say our datastore contains the following collection
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// { _id: 'id1', planet: 'Mars', system: 'solar', inhabited: false, satellites: ['Phobos', 'Deimos'] }
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// { _id: 'id2', planet: 'Earth', system: 'solar', inhabited: true, humans: { genders: 2, eyes: true } }
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// { _id: 'id3', planet: 'Jupiter', system: 'solar', inhabited: false }
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// { _id: 'id4', planet: 'Omicron Persei 8', system: 'futurama', inhabited: true, humans: { genders: 7 } }
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// Finding all planets in the solar system
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db.find({ system: 'solar' }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs is an array containing documents Mars, Earth, Jupiter
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// If no document is found, docs is equal to []
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});
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// Finding all inhabited planets in the solar system
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db.find({ system: 'solar', inhabited: true }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs is an array containing document Earth only
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});
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// Use the dot-notation to match fields in subdocuments
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db.find({ "humans.genders": 2 }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Earth
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});
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// You can also deep-compare objects. Don't confuse this with dot-notation!
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db.find({ humans: { genders: 2 } }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs is empty, because { genders: 2 } is not equal to { genders: 2, eyes: true }
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});
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// Find all documents in the collection
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db.find({}, function (err, docs) {
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});
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// The same rules apply when you want to only find one document
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db.findOne({ _id: 'id1' }, function (err, doc) {
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// doc is the document Mars
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// If no document is found, doc is null
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});
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```
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#### Comparison operators ($lt, $lte, $gt, $gte, $in, $nin, $ne)
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The syntax is `{ field: { $op: value } }` where `$op` is any comparison operator:
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* `$lt`, `$lte`: less than, less than or equal
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* `$gt`, `$gte`: greater than, greater than or equal
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* `$in`: member of. `value` must be an array of values
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* `$ne`, `$nin`: not equal, not a member of
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```javascript
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// $lt, $lte, $gt and $gte work on numbers and strings
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db.find({ "humans.genders": { $gt: 5 } }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Omicron Persei 8, whose humans have more than 5 genders (7).
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});
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// When used with strings, lexicographical order is used
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db.find({ planet: { $gt: 'Mercury' }}, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Omicron Persei 8
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})
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// Using $in. $nin is used in the same way
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db.find({ planet: { $in: ['Earth', 'Jupiter'] }}, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Earth and Jupiter
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});
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```
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#### Array fields
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When a field in a document is an array, NeDB tries the query on every element and there is a match if at least one element matches.
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```javascript
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// If a document's field is an array, matching it means matching any element of the array
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db.find({ satellites: 'Phobos' }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Mars. Result would have been the same if query had been { satellites: 'Deimos' }
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});
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// This also works for queries that use comparison operators
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db.find({ satellites: { $lt: 'Amos' } }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs is empty since Phobos and Deimos are after Amos in lexicographical order
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});
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// This also works with the $in and $nin operator
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db.find({ satellites: { $in: ['Moon', 'Deimos'] } }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Mars (the Earth document is not complete!)
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});
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```
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#### Logical operators $or, $and, $not
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You can combine queries using logical operators:
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* For `$or` and `$and`, the syntax is `{ $op: [query1, query2, ...] }`.
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* For `$not`, the syntax is `{ $not: query }`
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```javascript
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db.find({ $or: [{ planet: 'Earth' }, { planet: 'Mars' }] }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Earth and Mars
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});
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db.find({ $not: { planet: 'Earth' } }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Mars, Jupiter, Omicron Persei 8
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});
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// You can mix normal queries, comparison queries and logical operators
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db.find({ $or: [{ planet: 'Earth' }, { planet: 'Mars' }], inhabited: true }, function (err, docs) {
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// docs contains Earth
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});
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```
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### Updating documents
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`db.update(query, update, options, callback)` will update all documents matching `query` according to the `update` rules:
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* `query` is the same kind of finding query you use with `find` and `findOne`
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* `update` specifies how the documents should be modified. It is either a new document or a set of modifiers (you cannot use both together, it doesn't make sense!)
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* A new document will replace the matched docs
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* The modifiers create the fields they need to modify if they don't exist, and you can apply them to subdocs. Available field modifiers are `$set` to change a field's value and `$inc` to increment a field's value. To work on arrays, you have `$push`, `$pop`, `$addToSet`, and the special `$each`. See examples below for the syntax.
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* `options` is an object with two possible parameters
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* `multi` (defaults to `false`) which allows the modification of several documents if set to true
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* `upsert` (defaults to `false`) if you want to insert a new document corresponding to the `update` rules if your `query` doesn't match anything
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* `callback` (optional) signature: err, numReplaced, upsert
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* `numReplaced` is the number of documents replaced
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* `upsert` is set to true if the upsert mode was chosen and a document was inserted
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**Note**: you can't change a document's _id.
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```javascript
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// Let's use the same example collection as in the "finding document" part
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// { _id: 'id1', planet: 'Mars', system: 'solar', inhabited: false }
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// { _id: 'id2', planet: 'Earth', system: 'solar', inhabited: true }
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// { _id: 'id3', planet: 'Jupiter', system: 'solar', inhabited: false }
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// { _id: 'id4', planet: 'Omicron Persia 8', system: 'futurama', inhabited: true }
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// Replace a document by another
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db.update({ planet: 'Jupiter' }, { planet: 'Pluton'}, {}, function (err, numReplaced) {
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// numReplaced = 1
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// The doc #3 has been replaced by { _id: 'id3', planet: 'Pluton' }
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// Note that the _id is kept unchanged, and the document has been replaced
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// (the 'system' and inhabited fields are not here anymore)
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});
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// Set an existing field's value
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db.update({ system: 'solar' }, { $set: { system: 'solar system' } }, { multi: true }, function (err, numReplaced) {
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// numReplaced = 3
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// Field 'system' on Mars, Earth, Jupiter now has value 'solar system'
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});
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// Setting the value of a non-existing field in a subdocument by using the dot-notation
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db.update({ planet: 'Mars' }, { $set: { "data.satellites": 2, "data.red": true } }, {}, function () {
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// Mars document now is { _id: 'id1', system: 'solar', inhabited: false
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// , data: { satellites: 2, red: true }
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// }
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// Not that to set fields in subdocuments, you HAVE to use dot-notation
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// Using object-notation will just replace the top-level field
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db.update({ planet: 'Mars' }, { $set: { date: { satellites: 3 } } }, {}, function () {
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// Mars document now is { _id: 'id1', system: 'solar', inhabited: false
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// , data: { satellites: 3 }
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// }
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// You lost the "data.red" field which is probably not the intended behavior
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});
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});
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// Upserting a document
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db.update({ planet: 'Pluton' }, { planet: 'Pluton', inhabited: false }, { upsert: true }, function (err, numReplaced, upsert) {
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// numReplaced = 1, upsert = true
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// A new document { _id: 'id5', planet: 'Pluton', inhabited: false } has been added to the collection
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});
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// If you upsert with a modifier, the upserted doc is the query modified by the modifier
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// This is simpler than it sounds :)
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db.update({ planet: 'Pluton' }, { $inc: { distance: 38 } }, { upsert: true }, function () {
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// A new document { _id: 'id5', planet: 'Pluton', distance: 38 } has been added to the collection
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});
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// If we insert a new document { _id: 'id6', fruits: ['apple', 'orange', 'pear'] } in the collection,
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// let's see how we can modify the array field atomically
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// $push inserts new elements at the end of the array
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db.update({ _id: 'id6' }, { $push: { fruits: 'banana' } }, {}, function () {
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// Now the fruits array is ['apple', 'orange', 'pear', 'banana']
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});
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// $pop removes an element from the end (if used with 1) or the front (if used with -1) of the array
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db.update({ _id: 'id6' }, { $pop: { fruits: 1 } }, {}, function () {
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// Now the fruits array is ['apple', 'orange']
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// With { $pop: { fruits: -1 } }, it would have been ['orange', 'pear']
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});
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// $addToSet adds an element to an array only if it isn't already in it
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// Equality is deep-checked (i.e. $addToSet will not insert an object in an array already containing the same object)
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// Note that it doesn't check whether the array contained duplicates before or not
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db.update({ _id: 'id6' }, { $addToSet: { fruits: 'apple' } }, {}, function () {
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// The fruits array didn't change
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// If we had used a fruit not in the array, e.g. 'banana', it would have been added to the array
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});
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// $each can be used to $push or $addToSet multiple values at once
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// This example works the same way with $addToSet
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db.update({ _id: 'id6' }, { $push: { fruits: ['banana', 'orange'] } }, {}, function () {
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// Now the fruits array is ['apple', 'orange', 'pear', 'banana', 'orange']
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});
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```
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### Removing documents
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`db.remove(query, options, callback)` will remove all documents matching `query` according to `options`
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* `query` is the same as the ones used for finding and updating
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* `options` only one option for now: `multi` which allows the removal of multiple documents if set to true. Default is false
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* `callback` is optional, signature: err, numRemoved
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```javascript
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// Let's use the same example collection as in the "finding document" part
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// { _id: 'id1', planet: 'Mars', system: 'solar', inhabited: false }
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// { _id: 'id2', planet: 'Earth', system: 'solar', inhabited: true }
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// { _id: 'id3', planet: 'Jupiter', system: 'solar', inhabited: false }
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// { _id: 'id4', planet: 'Omicron Persia 8', system: 'futurama', inhabited: true }
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// Remove one document from the collection
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// options set to {} since the default for multi is false
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db.remove({ _id: 'id2' }, {}, function (err, numRemoved) {
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// numRemoved = 1
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});
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// Remove multiple documents
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db.remove({ system: 'solar' }, { multi: true }, function (err, numRemoved) {
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// numRemoved = 3
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// All planets from the solar system were removed
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});
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```
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### Indexing
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NeDB supports indexing. It gives a very nice speed boost and can be used to enforce a unique constraint on a field. You can index any field, including fields in nested documents using the dot notation. For now, indexes are only used to speed up basic queries and queries using `$in`, `$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt` and `$gte`.
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To create an index, use `datastore.ensureIndex(options, cb)`, where callback is optional and get passed an error if any (usually a unique constraint that was violated). `ensureIndex` can be called when you want, even after some data was inserted, though it's best to call it at application startup. The options are:
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* **fieldName** (required): name of the field to index. Use the dot notation to index a field in a nested document.
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* **unique** (optional, defaults to `false`): enforce field uniqueness. Note that a unique index will raise an error if you try to index two documents for which the field is not defined.
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* **sparse** (optional, defaults to `false`): don't index documents for which the field is not defined. Use this option along with "unique" if you want to accept multiple documents for which it is not defined.
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Note: the `_id` is automatically indexed with a unique constraint, no need to call `ensureIndex` on it.
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```javascript
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db.ensureIndex({ fieldName: 'somefield' }, function (err) {
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// If there was an error, err is not null
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});
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// Using a unique constraint with the index
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db.ensureIndex({ fieldName: 'somefield', unique: true }, function (err) {
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});
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// Using a sparse unique index
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db.ensureIndex({ fieldName: 'somefield', unique: true, sparse: true }, function (err) {
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});
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// Format of the error message when the unique constraint is not met
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db.insert({ somefield: 'nedb' }, function (err) {
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// err is null
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db.insert({ somefiled: 'nedb' }, function (err) {
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// err is { errorType: 'uniqueViolated'
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// , key: 'name'
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// , message: 'Unique constraint violated for key name' }
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});
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});
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```
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**Note:** the `ensureIndex` function creates the index synchronously, so it's best to use it at application startup. It's quite fast so it doesn't increase startup time much (35 ms for a collection containing 10,000 documents).
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## Performance
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### Speed
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NeDB is not intended to be a replacement of large-scale databases such as MongoDB, and as such was not designed for speed. That said, it is still pretty fast on the expected datasets, especially if you use indexing. On my machine (3 years old, no SSD), with a collection containing 10,000 documents, with indexing and no pipelining:
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* Insert: **5,950 ops/s**
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* Find: **41,320 ops/s**
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* Update: **4,490 ops/s**
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* Remove: **6,620 ops/s**
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You can run the simple benchmarks I use by executing the scripts in the `benchmarks` folder. Run them with the `--help` flag to see how they work.
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### Memory footprint
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A copy of the whole database is kept in memory. This is not much on the
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expected kind of datasets (20MB for 10,000 2KB documents). If requested, I'll introduce an
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option to not use this cache to decrease memory footprint (at the cost
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of a lower speed).
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## Use in other services
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* <a href="https://github.com/louischatriot/connect-nedb-session"
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target="_blank">connect-nedb-session</a> is a session store for
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Connect and Express, backed by nedb
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* If you've outgrown NeDB, switching to MongoDB won't be too hard as it is the same API. Use <a href="https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb-to-mongodb" target="_blank">this utility</a> to transfer the data from a NeDB database to a MongoDB collection
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## License
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(The MIT License)
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Copyright (c) 2013 Louis Chatriot <louis.chatriot@gmail.com>
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
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TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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