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Schemaless binary database base class

class Daisy.Daisy.Daisy(filepath: str, templates: dict = {}, template: bool = False, prefillDict: bool = False)

Base class for Daisy data representation

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filepath

Path to file representation on disk

• Type: str

msg

In memory representation

• Type: dict

get()

Get record dictionary from memory

• Returns: self.msg
• Return type: dict

read(decrypt: bool = False, decryptKey=False)

Read record from disk to memory

• Parameters:
  • decrypt (bool) – Whether to decrypt record
  • decryptKey – Key to decrypt record

sublist()

Lists contents of directory if object is a directory, otherwise return None

write(override=False, encrypt: bool = False, encryptKey=None, recur: bool = False)

Write record to disk

• Parameters:
  • override – Either false or a dictionary of values to set on the record
  • encrypt (bool) – Whether to encrypt the record (TODO)
  • encryptKey – Key to encrypt record with, or None if not set
  • recur (bool) – Whether to recursively handle keys