Filesystem

Core ships with a filesystem abstraction that makes it easy to switch from a local filesystem to a remote one. The default driver that is shipped provides access to the local filesystem but using your own filesystem driver is just as easy.

Prerequisites

Before we start, we need to establish what a few recurring variables and imports in this document refer to when they are used.

1import { app, Container, Services } from "@arkecosystem/core-kernel";
  • The app import refers to the application instance which grants access to the container, configurations, system information and more.
  • The Container import refers to a namespace that contains all of the container specific entities like binding symbols and interfaces.
  • The Services import refers to a namespace that contains all of the core services. This generally will only be needed for type hints as Core is responsible for service creation and maintenance.

Filesystem Usage

Determine if a file exists

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .exists("/home/ark/stats.txt");

Get the contents of a file

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .get("/home/ark/stats.txt");

Write the contents of a file

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .put("/home/ark/stats.txt", "Hello World");

Delete the file at a given path

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .delete("/home/ark/stats.txt");

Copy a file to a new location

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .copy("/home/ark/old.txt", "/home/ark/new.txt");

Move a file to a new location

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .move("/home/ark/old.txt", "/home/ark/new.txt");

Get the file size of a given file

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .size("/home/ark/stats.txt");

Get the file’s last modification time

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .lastModified("/home/ark/stats.txt");

Get an array of all files in a directory

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .files("/home/ark");

Get all of the directories within a given directory

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .directories("/home/ark");

Create a directory

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .makeDirectory("/home/ark");

Recursively delete a directory

1app
2 .get<Services.Filesystem.FilesystemService>(Container.Identifiers.FilesystemService)
3 .deleteDirectory("/home/ark");

Extending

@TODO

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