jsonroutedb/README.md

A simple Node.js package to access non-binary files using a path-like string.

# jsonroutedb A simple Node.js package that allows you to access the content of non-binary files (like `.txt`, `.html`, `.css`, `.js`, etc.) stored within a `data` directory using a path-like string.

## Installation

```bash
npm install jsonroutedb ```

## Usage

After installing, you can use the `choose` function to retrieve the content of files based on their location within the `data` directory. The path is specified as a string with folder and file names separated by `" TO "`.

```javascript
const db = require('jsonroutedb'); // 

async function getData() {
  const textContent = await db.choose('app TO test TO test.txt');
  if (textContent !== null) {
    console.log('Content of test.txt:\n', textContent);
  } else {
    console.error('Could not find or read the file: app/test/test.txt');
  }

  const htmlContent = await db.choose('website TO pages TO index.html');
  if (htmlContent !== null) {
    console.log('Content of index.html:\n', htmlContent);
  } else {
    console.error('Could not find or read the file: website/pages/index.html');
  }
}

getData();

async function manageData() {
  const createDbResult = await db.createDatabase('my_first_database');
  console.log(createDbResult); // Output: Database (folder) created at: /Users/yourusername/.jsonroutedb_data/my_first_database

  const createFolderResult = await db.createFolder('my_first_database TO subfolder');
  console.log(createFolderResult); // Output: Folder created at: /Users/yourusername/.jsonroutedb_data/my_first_database/subfolder

  const contents = await db.choose('my_first_database TO subfolder TO my_data.txt');
  if (contents !== null) {
    console.log('Content of my_data.txt:', contents);
  } else {
    console.error('Could not find or read the file.');
  }
}

manageData();