Supported data types

The Aerospike Node.js client supports integers, strings, and byte arrays for bin and key values.

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Aerospike supports storing 64-bit integers. You can create integers using JavaScript Number.

Aerospike does not support floating point numbers. Numbers containing float values are not stored in the database.

Examples

To use integers for key values:

var key = new Aerospike.Key('test', 'demo', 123)

To use integers for record bin values:

let bins = {
  id: 12345678,
  age: 32
}

Aerospike supports storing NULL-terminated strings. You can create strings using JavaScript String.

Examples

To use strings for key values:

let key = new Aerospike.Key('test', 'demo', 'ABC')

To use strings for record bin values:

let bins = {
  first_name: 'John',
  last_name: 'Doe'
}

Aerospike supports storing byte arrays. You can create byte arrays using JavaScript Uint8Array or Node.js Buffer.

Examples

To use the Buffer byte array for key values:

let key = new Aerospike.Key('test', 'demo', Buffer.from([0xa, 0xb, 0xc]))

To use the Buffer byte array for record bin values:

let bins = {
  avatar: Buffer.from([0xa, 0xb, 0xc]),
  password: Buffer.from([0xa, 0xb, 0xc])
}

To use the Uint8Array byte array for record bin values:

let bins = {
  avatar: new Uint8Array([0xa, 0xb, 0xc]),
  password: new Uint8Array([0xa, 0xb, 0xc])
}