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https://github.com/cttricks/xtinydb
The xTinyDB is an experimental database service that communicates with a Web service to store and retrieve information.
https://github.com/cttricks/xtinydb
androidappdevelopment appinventor niotron nosql-database php tinywebdb
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The xTinyDB is an experimental database service that communicates with a Web service to store and retrieve information.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cttricks/xtinydb
- Owner: cttricks
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-05-06T11:45:04.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-20T15:01:33.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-09-21T04:44:47.165Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: androidappdevelopment, appinventor, niotron, nosql-database, php, tinywebdb
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://cttricks.com/xTinyDB/
- Size: 92.8 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
✨ The Open Source TinyWebDB Alternative ✨
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The xTinyDB is an experimental database service that communicates with a Web service to store and retrieve information. This micro document-based no-SQL database is inspired by the TinyWebDB component of MIT Appinventor. I have made many changes to CRUD data easily with a little bit of security and more features.
Although this service as an extension is usable, it is very limited and meant primarily as a demonstration for people who would like to create their cloud database that talks to the Web. In this we have methods to store a value under a tag, retrieve the value associated with the tag and delete/clear tags and values from the server. The interpretation of what “store” and “retrieve” means is up to the Web service.
# Features
- ⚡ Multiple values associated with the tags can be stored/updated in a bucket at a time..
- ⚡ Can call the entire bucket which returns a list of Tags, Values of those tags and Sub Buckets.
- ⚡ One or more required tags can be called from a particular bucket at a time.
- ⚡ One or more tags can be removed/cleared from the bucket.
- ⚡ Entire bucket can be remove/cleared from the server
# Production Setup
We have GUI and Vendor files to host on the server. Let's first set up the vendor/xTinyDB database on our server. Also, note that you don't have to rename any of these four files.
- Step1 - Download the four files available in the vendor folder of this git repository. (storeValue.php, getValue.php, clearValue.php, dbInfo.php).
- Step2 - Open dbInfo.php file using any editor ( you can even use notepad ) and change `storage` & `accessKey` Here, storage is the secured path to DB files. AccessKey is the
key to make secure calls from the client side.
```php
$xTinyDB = array(
"storage" => "storage-area",
"accessKey" => "sampleaccesskey01"
);
```
- Step3 - On your cPanel, go to the public directory and create a directory/folder `xTinyDB`. Now create another dir/folder and name it anything you like to name your first database. And upload all these four files here. Note that
:warning: Create an index.php file (5th file). Only if the direct access to dir `xTinyDB` is public.
# GUI Setup
Click here to download the zip files of xTinyDB GUI or download files of the GIU section of this git repository. Upload it to the `xTinyDB` directory that we created earlier.
Done, now simply open xTinyDB `index.php` in new tab. ( Example: https://yourdomain.com/xTinyDB/ )
## Control Buttons On GUI
1. Add a new tag in the current bucket or in a sub bucket of the current bucket.
2. Hide/Show tags and values in UI
3. Hide/Show sub buckets in UI
4. Refresh current bucket
5. Copy JSON of the current bucket
6. Delete/remove/clear the current bucket
Here we have an input field to enter the bucket path to view it. On top of all these, you can also use `ctrl+b` to move back to the previous bucket.
# 🎯 Why i'm building this ?
Most app developers equip themselves with either spreadsheet or a database to solve their cloud-storage needs. Spreadsheet, MySQL DB, Airtable, and Firebase, etc. are used by a +Thousand app developers making apps on MIT Appinventor and its distributions every single day. However, I made this document-based no-SQL database just as an experiment. It is inspired by the TinyWebDB component of appinventor. As very few developers actually use this component. So I took an approach to improve it a bit more and came up with this xTinyDB stuff. It is not a complete database solution. But yeah! Anyone can use this in their small/big projects at their own risk. :smile:
# :pushpin: Important Links
- [Download Extension](https://cttricks.com/xTinyDB/com.cttricks.xTinyDB.aix) for appinventor and distributions.
- Tutorial Video On YouTube
- [Demo Dashboard](https://cttricks.com/xTinyDB)