NAME

lightning-datastore - Command for storing (plugin) data

SYNOPSIS

datastore key [string] [hex] [mode] [generation]

DESCRIPTION

The datastore RPC command allows plugins to store data in the c-lightning database, for later retrieval.

key is an array of values (though a single value is treated as a one-element array), to form a heirarchy. Using the first element of the key as the plugin name (e.g. [ "summary" ]) is recommended. A key can either have children or a value, never both: parents are created and removed automatically.

mode is one of "must-create" (default, fails it it already exists), "must-replace" (fails it it doesn't already exist), "create-or-replace" (never fails), "must-append" (must already exist, append this to what's already there) or "create-or-append" (append if anything is there, otherwise create).

generation, if specified, means that the update will fail if the previously-existing data is not exactly that generation. This allows for simple atomicity. This is only legal with mode "must-replace" or "must-append".

RETURN VALUE

On success, an object is returned, containing:

•: key (array of strings):

•: Part of the key added to the datastore

•: generation (u64, optional): The number of times this has been updated
•: hex (hex, optional): The hex data which has been added to the datastore
•: string (string, optional): The data as a string, if it's valid utf-8

The following error codes may occur:

•: 1202: The key already exists (and mode said it must not)
•: 1203: The key does not exist (and mode said it must)
•: 1204: The generation was wrong (and generation was specified)
•: 1205: The key has children already.
•: 1206: One of the parents already exists with a value.
•: -32602: invalid parameters

AUTHOR

Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> is mainly responsible.

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