/array-to-disk

Save an array to disk, for push and shift operations.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

array-to-disk

  • save an array to disk using the localstorage API
  • restores the array state if initialized on an existing storage
  • ⚠️ this only works for push and shift operations
  • ⚠️ you should not be using multiple array instances on the same storage
const array = new DiskArray("/storage/location/path", size);

Usecase

  • persist a pending list of amqp messages on disk in case of unexpected crash/reboot of a service while the amqp channel is not available (see amqp connection manager).