hulk.py

gistfile1.txt

""" HULK DB - A BIG DUMB DATA STORE 

    A probably overly simple way to store data to disk
    with fast writes and lookups without needing indices in RAM

    TODO: RESTful interface (something lightweight cherry-py maybe)
    MAYBE: expirations
    NEVER: Clustering, complex storage, data-types
"""

from distutils.dir_util import mkpath

datadir = 'data'

def set(key, val):
    path = key_to_path(key)
    mkpath(path)
    with open("{}/{}".format(path,"_"), 'w') as fh:
       fh.write(val)

def get(key):
    path = key_to_path(key)
    with open("{}/{}".format(path,"_")) as fh:
       return fh.read()

def key_to_path(key):
    return "{}/{}".format(datadir, '/'.join(list(key)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
   set("4b2289", "cat")
   print get("4b2289")