openstack-swift-client v2.3.1
Swift Client
Swift Client is a library for connecting to an OpenStack Swift storage server. This project has been forked from https://github.com/stewartml/swift-client.
Example
const SwiftClient = require('openstack-swift-client');
const authenticator = new SwiftClient.SwiftAuthenticator('https://orbit.brightbox.com/v1/acc-xxx', 'cli-xxx', 'my-password');
let client = new SwiftClient(authenticator);
let container = client.container('my-container');
container.get('test-file', process.stdout).then(() => {
    console.log("Done!");
});Installation
$ npm install --save openstack-swift-clientDocumentation
The main class is SwiftClient, which can be imported as follows:
import SwiftClient from 'swift-client';or
const SwiftClient = require('openstack-swift-client');I'm just going to use ES2016 (with async and await) for brevity in this document.
SwiftClient class
SwiftClient(authenticator)
Creates an instance of SwiftClient with the specified authenticator
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| authenticator | an authenticator instance (see below) | 
Example
let client = new SwiftClient('https://orbit.brightbox.com/v1/acc-xxx', 'cli-xxx', 'my-password');SwiftClient.SwiftAuthenticator(url, username, password)
Creates an instance of SwiftClientAuthenticator with the specified authentication information.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| url | the URL of the server | 
| username | the username to authenticate with | 
| password | the password to authenticate with | 
Example
let client = new SwiftClient(new SwiftClient.SwiftAuthenticator('https://orbit.brightbox.com/v1/acc-xxx', 'cli-xxx', 'my-password'));SwiftClient.KeystoneV3Authenticator(credentials)
Creates an instance of KeystoneV3Authenticator with the specified authentication information.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| credentials | credential object | 
Example
let credentials = {
  "endpointUrl": "https://os.eu-de-darz.msh.host:5000/v3",
  "username": "user",
  "password": "pasword",
  "domainId": "e6efe92d05c2430ea7eb6f626815d0d8",
  "projectId": "ff912d95d2eb46099e755cd268714d37",
  "endpointUrlInterface": "public", // admin, internal or public. Value default: public
  "regionId": "GRA", // Optional
}
let client = new SwiftClient(new SwiftClient.KeystoneV3Authenticator(credentials));SwiftClient#list(extra)
Gets an array of containers.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
Example
await client.list();
/* returns:
[
  {name: 'container-name', count: 123, bytes: 12438468},
  (...)
]
*/SwiftClient#create(name, publicRead, meta, extra)
Creates a container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the container to create | 
| publicRead | true if the container is to be publicly readable; otherwise, false (optional) | 
| meta | a hash of meta information to set on the container (optional) | 
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
Example
await client.create('my-container', true, {colour: 'blue'});SwiftClient#update(name, meta, extra)
Updates the metadata associated with the specified container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the container to update | 
| meta | a hash of meta information to set on the container | 
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
Example
await client.update('my-container', {colour: 'red'});SwiftClient#meta(name)
Gets the metadata associated with the specified container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the container to get the metadata for | 
Example
let meta = await client.meta('my-container');
/*
meta is a hash of metadata, e.g.
{
  colour: 'red'
}
*/SwiftClient#delete(name)
Deletes the specified container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the container to delete | 
Example
await client.delete('my-container');SwiftClient#container(name)
Gets an instance of SwiftContainer for the specified container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the container to get a SwiftContainerinstance for | 
Example
let container = client.container('my-container');SwiftClient#info()
Gets cluster configuration parameters
Example
await client.info();
/* returns:
{
  bulk_delete: { max_failed_deletes: 1000, max_deletes_per_request: 10000 },
  (...),
  swift:
   { max_file_size: 5368709122,
     account_listing_limit: 10000,
     (...),
     max_container_name_length: 256
   }
}
*/SwiftContainer class
SwiftContainer#list(extra, query)
Gets an array of objects in the container.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
| query | a query string or hash of additional query parameters to send (optional) | 
Query parameters can be used to filter the result, e.g. list a pseudo-directory.
Example
await container.list();
/* returns:
[
  {
      hash: '03b3aac569fab8b59dcf8f210f8d3bc8',
      last_modified: '2017-03-31T13:27:56.042120',
      bytes: 102400,
      name: 'picture.png',
      content_type: 'application/octet-stream'
  },
  (...)
]
*/SwiftContainer#create(name, stream, meta, extra)
Creates an object.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the object to create | 
| stream | a stream representing the file to upload | 
| meta | a hash of meta information to set on the object (optional) | 
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
Example
let stream = fs.createReadStream('darkness-at-noon.txt');
await container.create('books/darkness-at-noon.txt',
  stream, {author: 'Arthur Koestler'});SwiftContainer#get(name, stream)
Gets an object.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the object to get | 
| stream | a stream to pipe the object to | 
Example
let stream = fs.createWriteStream('darkness-at-noon.txt');
await container.get('books/darkness-at-noon.txt', stream);SwiftContainer#update(name, meta, extra)
Updates the metadata associated with the specified object.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the object to update | 
| meta | a hash of meta information to set on the object | 
| extra | a hash of additional headers to send (optional) | 
Example
await container.update('books/darkness-at-noon.txt', {year: '1940'});SwiftContainer#meta(name)
Gets the metadata associated with the specified object.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the object to get the metadata for | 
Example
let meta = await container.meta('books/darkness-at-noon.txt');
/*
meta is a hash of metadata, e.g.
{
  author: 'Arthur Koestler',
  year: '1940'
}
*/SwiftContainer#delete(name, when)
Deletes the specified object.  If when is a Date, the object is deleted at that date; if it is a number, the object is deleted after that many seconds; or if it is ommitted, the object is deleted immediately.
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| name | the name of the object to delete | 
| when | a Daterepresenting when the object is to be deleted, or a number of seconds the object is to be deleted after (optional) | 
Example
// delete the object in 2 minutes time
await container.delete('books/darkness-at-noon.txt', 120);